Coroner IDs Henderson man who died in electrical fire
Henderson firefighters investigate the scene of a house fire that killed a man on the 200 block of West Basic Road, near West Lake Mead Parkway on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in Henderson. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Henderson firefighters investigate the scene of a house fire that killed a man on the 200 block of West Basic Road, near West Lake Mead Parkway on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in Henderson. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Henderson firefighters investigate the scene of a house fire that killed a man on the 200 block of West Basic Road on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in Henderson. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The 91-year-old Henderson man who died Tuesday morning in an electrical fire has been identified.
He was John Gilbert Duffin, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
Duffin was in a bedroom at his residence on the 200 block of Basic Road when the fire broke out about 1:50 a.m., the Henderson Fire Department said.
The fire was reported by a passerby, and arriving crews saw heavy smoke coming from the single-story home’s attic vents, according to the department.
The total estimated loss is $85,000.
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