LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3) – Two people are displaced after a fire this morning in the 7100 block of Pirates Cove Road.
Las Vegas firefighters responded at 11:09 a.m. to the Pavilions Apartment Complex, near Westcliff and Buffalo, when several people reported smoke coming from a two-story wood frame/stucco apartment building.
According to a news release, firefighters found the fire originated in a water heater closet on the patio of a downstairs apartment. The fire and smoke extended up the chimney chase and extended to the apartment above.
Firefighters brought it under control in less than 10 minutes. Damage was estimated at $50,000.
Fire investigators ruled the fire accidental, the result of plumbers using a torch while working on a water heater on the first floor.
