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March 29, 2024

Several vehicles destroyed, damaged in fire at casino parking garage

Fire at Four Queens Parking Garage

Steve Marcus

Damage is shown after an early morning fire at the Four Queens parking garage at Casino Center Boulevard and Carson Avenue in downtown Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. At least five cars on the first level of the garage burned, officials said.

Fire at Four Queens Parking Garage

A Four Queens employee looks out from the parking garage after an early morning fire at the garage at Casino Center Boulevard and Carson Avenue in downtown Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. At least five cars on the first level of the garage burned, officials said. Launch slideshow »

At least five vehicles were destroyed or damaged in a fire early today at the Four Queens parking garage in downtown Las Vegas, fire department officials said.

The fire did about $500,000 in damage, but nobody was injured, according to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue officials.

The blaze was reported about 1:45 a.m. at the garage at 222 E. Carson Ave., officials said.

Flames and thick black smoke were coming from the first level of the six-story parking structure, officials said.

At least three cars were burning just above the sidewalk on Casino Center Boulevard at Carson Avenue, officials said.

The fire, which took about 20 minutes to extinguish, also spread to the second level of the garage, officials said.

An adjacent Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada bus stop shelter was also destroyed in the blaze, officials said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said.