Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Cigarettes blamed for fire at Las Vegas mobile home

A can of smoldering cigarettes started a fire late Thursday that damaged a home in the Meadows Mobile Home Park, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said.

One adult living at the home was not injured.

Las Vegas and Clark County firefighters responded at 10:02 p.m. to the fire at 2900 S. Valley View Blvd. after several emergency calls.

A double-wide mobile home was on fire, with flames coming from underneath the home and on an outside wall, under the carport. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within a few minutes, Szymanski said.

Fire investigators think the fire originated with a can of cigarette butts on a set of wooden steps leading to the home’s side door.

The fire caused an estimated $10,000 damage, mostly to the outside and underside of the home, officials said.

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