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Central Las Vegas fire leaves one person hospitalized

Updated September 28, 2023 - 10:08 pm

A fire at a vacant central Las Vegas building left one person hospitalized Thursday night.

The fire started around 7 p.m. at 1111 Sierra Vista Drive, near South Maryland Parkway, according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Miguel Ibarra.

He said three people came out of the building and a woman was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening.

The roof collapsed about 8:10 p.m., said Clark County Fire Department spokeswoman Jennifer Wyatt.

Crews were still working as of 8:30 p.m. to extinguish the fire.

Sierra Vista was closed from Cambridge Street to Maryland Parkway.

Contact David Wilson at dwilson@reviewjournal.com.

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