A building caught fire in downtown Las Vegas Saturday afternoon.
The fire was reported around 1:55 p.m. in the 300 block of North 8th Street, just north of Stewart Avenue.
The fire destroyed the small shed, which was built in 1937, which was used for storage for the people who live in the very small apartments on the property. The fire spread to an apartment next door and got into the attic.
Firefighters quickly put the fire out, but not before it caused enough damage to displace the occupant, which is being assisted by the American Red Cross.
FINAL: Cause undetermined, $20K Dmg started in storage shed, spread to apt on right @SNVredcross 1A, no inj's PIO1 pic.twitter.com/XQNC6vwndu
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) July 16, 2016
A NV Energy power pole caught fire which caused a number of live power lines to fall to the ground, which in turn started some small grass fires on the ground. Power had to be shut off to the wires before firefighters could put the small fires out. The outage caused several traffic lights in the area to go out of service for a short while.
Cross pole burned and fell to ground energized, started small fire on ground. NV Energy has shut down pwr to area. pic.twitter.com/VduKA773Rj
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) July 16, 2016
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The damages are estimated at $20,000.
There were no reported injuries.
