A small apartment near the Stratosphere was gutted by fire early Monday afternoon. The cause of the fire is undetermined. There were no reported injuries.
Fire dispatchers received multiple calls at 1:46 p.m. that an apartment in the Parkwest Apartment complex was on fire. When firefighters arrived, one apartment unit at 2104 Tam Drive was fully involved with fire. The one story, concrete block apartment building was evacuated. It took firefighters about 10 minutes to completely put the fire out.
The fire completely gutted the inside of the apartment and there was some slight damage to the building itself. Damage was estimated at $40,000.
Fire investigators could not determine what exactly caused the fire. It appears no one was home when the fire started. Someone notified the apartment complex manager of the fire and when he went to the building, he said the entire room was engulfed with flames. The manager said there is only one known occupant who lives in the apartment.