Friday, July 28, 2017 | 7:01 p.m.
A cooking fire in a Henderson apartment left 17 residents without a home early today and caused about $290,000 in damage, according to the city’s Fire Department.
The flames were sparked about 4 a.m. in a pot of cooking oil in a second-story unit at Mulberry Park Apartments, 730 Center St., near Burkholder Boulevard and Major Avenue, officials said.
The flames spread to the roof of the apartment building before the fire was extinguished, officials said. No one was injured.
Those displaced — 10 adults and seven children — are from four of the units that suffered fire or smoke and water damage, officials said. They’re being assisted by the Southern Nevada chapter of the American Red Cross.
