LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Tarkanian Basketball Academy was evacuated late Friday night after a fire broke out at the building while a game was in play.
Las Vegas Fire and Rescue units responded to the academy, located at 2730 South Rancho Drive, near the Palace Station hotel-casino, at about 9:30 p.m. with reports of a fire.
F3H TOC: 9:32PM. 2730 S Rancho Drive. Tarkanian Basketball Academy, fire on OUTSIDE back wall of large building, water on fire - KNOCKDOWN, checking for extension, crews report no extension inside building, fire is a storage room outside, no inj’s reported. #PIO1NEWS
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) February 8, 2020
13 Action News crews saw about 100 people in the parking lot while firefighters battled the flames at the property.
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Fire officials said the blaze started on the outside of the basketball academy in a storage room.
However, initial reports also didn’t show any injuries, according to Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, as everyone was ordered to evacuate the building.
#UPDATE: @LasVegasFD says fire on outside wall of Tarkanian Basketball Academy; no reports of any initial injuries. https://t.co/YOgXkZA9Um | 🎥: @Joe_Bartels pic.twitter.com/qBygyeeUns
— KTNV Action News (@KTNV) February 8, 2020
This facility opened in 2003 and co-founded by the well-known Tarkanian family, with Jerry Tarkanian - legendary UNLV basketball coach who led the school to an NCAA championship in 1990.
Vegas fire crews said the inside of the building did not suffer any damage Friday night with the cause remaining under investigation.
11PM UPDATE: Fire is OUT was underneath a steel staircase area was used for storage. Fire was ALL outside, no Dmg inside, about 60-100 people evacuated by police. Crews cleaning up, cause U/I, no injuries #PIO1NEWS pic.twitter.com/THk68AckLO
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) February 8, 2020
