A pre-dawn two-alarm fire ripped through a building in east Las Vegas early Monday, sending one firefighter to a hospital for evaluation and jolting Nellis Boulevard awake yet again. The blaze was reported around 4:06 a.m. in the 900 block of N. Nellis Boulevard near Bonanza Road, and crews pulled up within about five minutes to find heavy smoke and flames. A partial roof collapse initially forced firefighters to battle the flames from the outside before they could safely move back inside. Officials reported no civilian injuries.
What Officials Said
Clark County Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Lunkwitz told News 3 Las Vegas that first-arriving crews made it to the scene within five minutes of the call. As conditions worsened, the incident commander requested a second alarm. Lunkwitz said a partial roof collapse forced a defensive strategy while crews poured water on the fire, and teams later switched back to an offensive attack and re-entered the building once it was considered safe.
Response And Injuries
In all, nine engines, three trucks, two rescues, three battalion chiefs, two EMS captains and an air resource unit responded to the fire, according to KTNV. One firefighter was transported to a hospital for evaluation, and no civilian injuries were reported. Fire investigators remained on scene to determine what sparked the blaze.
Another Hot Spot Along Nellis
The N. Nellis corridor has been a trouble zone for fire crews this spring, with multiple major incidents crowding the call logs. In April, a structure fire shut down lanes along the busy roadway, detailed in Huge Blaze Brings Nellis Boulevard. Then in early June, an apartment fire left two children critically injured, as covered in East Vegas Inferno Leaves Two Children, stretching east-valley firefighters even thinner.
Investigation Underway
Fire officials said the cause of Monday’s blaze remains under investigation and have not released additional details while crews finish work at the scene, according to News 3 Las Vegas. The Clark County Fire Department provided response images used in media coverage, but officials have not issued an updated condition on the injured firefighter.
