Body found after fire destroyed former wedding chapel
By Alexis Ford Las Vegas Review-Journal
Investigators with the Clark County Coroner’s Office and Las Vegas police examine the area after a deceased person was found in a vacant wedding chapel that was destroyed in a fire the night before in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Investigators with the Clark County Coroner’s Office and Las Vegas police examine the area after a deceased person was found in a vacant wedding chapel that was destroyed in a fire the night before in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Investigators with the Clark County Coroner’s Office and Las Vegas police examine the area after a deceased person was found in a vacant wedding chapel that was destroyed in a fire the night before in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Investigators with the Clark County Coroner’s Office and Las Vegas police examine the area after a deceased person was found in a vacant wedding chapel that was destroyed in a fire the night before in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Investigators with the Clark County Coroner’s Office and Las Vegas police examine the area after a deceased person was found in a vacant wedding chapel that was destroyed in a fire the night before in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Investigators with the Clark County Coroner’s Office and Las Vegas police examine the area after a deceased person was found in a vacant wedding chapel that was destroyed in a fire the night before in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Las Vegas firefighters battle flames engulfing a vacant wedding chapel at 1431 S. Las Vegas Blvd. inLas Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Las Vegas firefighters battle flames engulfing a vacant wedding chapel at 1431 S. Las Vegas Blvd. inLas Vegas on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Fire crews located a body in the remains of what they previously believed was a vacant wedding chapel that burned down Tuesday night, according to a tweet from the Las Vegas Fire Department on Wednesday.
The department was called to the single-story chapel at 1431 Las Vegas Blvd. South around 5:25 p.m. Tuesday. The department has said the building was “completely destroyed,” with damage estimated at $1 million.
The Metropolitan Police Department is assisting with the fatal investigation, the Fire Department said.
