A house in West Las Vegas was completely destroyed by fire early Friday morning. The cause of the fire is undetermined and it is under investigation. There were no reported injuries.
Fire dispatchers received numerous calls at 3:42 a.m. that there was an explosion and house on fire at 1318 C Street. When firefighters arrived on scene, a small one story wood frame/stucco house was fully involved with fire. Within minutes the roof of the house caved in. Because the house was structurally unsafe, firefighters did not enter the house to search for victims or to fight the fire.
Firefighters brought the fire under control in less than ten minutes and confined it to the house. The house and all of its contents were completely destroyed by the fire. The house is in such an unsafe condition that fire investigators did not enter the home for the investigation. Damage was estimated at $100,000.
A neighbor told investigators that the house is currently vacant and that someone has been doing some renovation work to the inside occasionally. There were no utilities connected to the house and the house appeared to be surrounded by a chain link fence.