Fire in Las Vegas lumber yard caused by homeless cooking fire

A fire at a lumber yard early Friday was caused by a cooking fire at an adjacent homeless encampment, according to the Clark County Fire Department.

When firefighters arrived about 4:20 a.m. at 84 Lumber, 4330 S. Decatur Blvd., near Flamingo Road, they found a building engulfed in flames. It took about 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze because of a malfunctioning fire hydrant and multiple parked trucks loaded with lumber, according to the Fire Department.

No one was injured in the fire, which caused an estimated $60,000 in damage, the department said.

Contact Max Michor at 702-383-0365 or mmichor@reviewjournal.com. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter.

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