LIVE FROM KCRA THREE NEWS. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND THAT BREAKING NEWS COMES TO US OUT OF RANCHO CORDOVA. ROADS ARE CLOSED AS CREWS BATTLE A FIRE AT A BOARDED UP BUILDING. IT’S HAPPENING ALONG FOLSOM BOULEVARD NEAR SUNRISE, AND THAT’S JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. AND THAT’S ALSO WHERE WE FIND KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO. SHE’S JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM THE SCENE WITH THE VERY LATEST, MELANIE. AND ANYONE WHO HAS DRIVEN THIS STRETCH OF FOLSOM BOULEVARD KNOWS THIS KIND OF LANDMARK HERE. IT’S THAT OLD EPIC CASINO. IT’S BOARDED UP AND CLOSED RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. WITHIN THE PAST FIVE MINUTES OR SO, WE’VE SEEN FLAMES FLICKER UP FROM THE ROOFTOP OF THIS BUILDING. SO IT IS STILL AN ACTIVE FIRE THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, FIRE CREWS ARE WORKING ON FROM ABOVE AND FROM THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING. JOINING US NOW IS MARK NUNEZ FROM SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE. AND MARK, THIS IS KIND OF STUBBORN. YOU SAID IN THE COURSE OF FIGHTING THIS FIRE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN FIRE CREWS GOT IN THERE AND KIND OF PUNCHED THE HOLES IN THE ROOF, IT FLARES UP EVERY SO OFTEN. YEAH. THIS BUILDING REALLY WAS A CHALLENGE FOR US DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT’S BEEN REMODELED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS BOARDED UP WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THOSE TYPES OF BUILDINGS. WE REALLY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, MAKE SURE THAT WE’VE GOT WAYS TO GET IN AND GET OUT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. SO A LOT OF CHALLENGES HERE TODAY. AND WHEN WE WERE HEARING THIS FIRE, WHEN IT FIRST CAME IN, YOU KNOW, AROUND 220 OR SO, WE HEARD YOUR GUYS OVER THE SCANNER, IT SOUNDED LIKE THEY HAD A BIG JOB ON THEIR HANDS. DESCRIBE WHAT IT’S LIKE ROLLING UP TO A SCENE LIKE THIS. AND PRETTY QUICKLY REALIZING THAT YOU HAVE TO GO DEFENSIVE ON IT. YEAH. OUR CREWS, THEY GOT HERE REALLY QUICK. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE FIRE HAD STARTED ON THE OUTSIDE, MADE ITS WAY INTO THE INTERIOR, GOT UP INTO THE ATTIC, AND IT JUST STARTED RUNNING REALLY QUICK. SO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS VERY FAST. CREWS GOT IN THERE, MADE AN AGGRESSIVE ATTACK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DID HAVE TO GO DEFENSIVE ON IT. AND THEN WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU ALL OUT HERE? DOES IT TAKE A WHILE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING’S OUT? AND HOW LONG CAN WE ANTICIPATE THE ROAD BEING CLOSED POTENTIALLY? WELL, I WOULD FIRST OF ALL ANTICIPATE THE ROAD BEING CLOSED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE JUST CONTINUING TO MOP UP. CHECK FOR THOSE HOT SPOTS. THE ARSON INVESTIGATOR WILL BE OUT HERE. I WOULD ANTICIPATE US BEING OUT HERE FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS. YEAH, YOU MENTIONED ARSON INVESTIGATORS. THAT’S PRETTY STANDARD ON THIS KIND OF THING WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW THE CAUSE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON’T HAVE A PINPOINTED CAUSE. YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. SO THEY’LL COME OUT EVEN THOUGH THERE’S A LOT OF DESTRUCTION. BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THOSE FIRST ARRIVING CREWS ON WHERE THE ORIGIN MAY HAVE BEEN, BUT THAT’S ALL PART OF THE PROCESS OF DOING A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. ALL RIGHT. THANKS AGAIN, MARK, FOR ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. SO BEST FOR ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO BE HEADED OUT THE DOOR HERE FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AVOID THIS TYPICALLY BUSY SECTION OF ROADWAY. FOLSOM BOULEVARD, JUST EAST OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD, WHILE CREWS CONTINUE THEIR WORK OUT HERE. RANDY A