LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – New audio obtained by FOX5 reveals how firefighters responded when a valley home engulfed in flames began to collapse.

Four people are dead and two others are injured after a home on Langhorne Creek Street collapsed Thursday morning. Clark County firefighters responded to the three-story residence around 4:15 a.m

Upon arrival, crews attempted to enter the second floor through the front door but were pushed back by the heat. Firefighters would warn dispatchers, “There’s a heavy, heavy fire that can’t get in.”

Two crews were able to get into the garage after cutting a hole through the door but were stopped when the house began to collapse.

A firefighter reported to dispatchers: “We’re trying to get through the garage… we can’t get in. The garage is starting to experience some sort of collapse.”

Dispatchers would later alert other firefighters who responded, “We have had a collapse of the roof and second floor. All units stay out of the collapse zone.”

CCFD reported that the roof, third and second floors all collapsed into the garage.

“The A/C collapsed all the way down into the garage,” a firefighter relayed. “All floors are compromised.”

The collapse would leave behind a layer of debris that posed a new hazard to firefighters. A firefighter warned, “Be careful there is a pool in the backyard covered with ash, hard to see.”

The fire outside the home was extinguished at 4:22 a.m. Firefighters would tell the dispatcher, “The fire is out. There is still a burn through the second floor and all floors burned through so we moved to a safe area.”

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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