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House fire kills 4-year-old boy in North Las Vegas

A 4-year-old boy was killed in a house fire Tuesday night in North Las Vegas.

The North Las Vegas Fire Department said the blaze broke out at 6:25 p.m. at a home in the 3100 block of Webster Circle, near Cheyenne and Eastern avenues.

Firefighters arrived “and within 4 minutes were able to locate the boy” in the home, according to a statement posted Wednesday morning on the department’s Facebook page.

“Firefighters from Las Vegas Fire & Rescue transported the victim to (the hospital) where he was pronounced deceased,” the Fire Department said. “The fire is still under a joint investigation with fire & police investigators.”

The Fire Department said a second child also in the home was hospitalized and in “stable condition.”

About 40 firefighters responded. Further details were not immediately released.

Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter.

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