Nev. fire engine overturns while responding to house fire

By Caitlin Lilly
Las Vegas Review-Journal

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Crews worked to clean up after a firetruck overturned while responding to a house fire in North Las Vegas on Thursday.

According to the North Las Vegas Police Department, officers responded to East Cheyenne Avenue and Civic Center Drive just before 11:10 a.m. for a single-vehicle rollover crash that involved a firetruck.

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According to police, officers learned that the fire engine was responding to a house fire on the 2400 block of Salt Lake Street.

Three firefighters suffered minor injuries and were transported to University Medical Center for evaluation, police said.

Police said a separate engine was then dispatched to the house fire. There were no injuries reported and the fire remains under investigation, the fire department said.

No further information was immediately available.

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