IN BRIEF

Firefighters save man from apartment blaze

Las Vegas firefighters pulled a 47-year-old man from a smoke-filled apartment near Washington and Eastern avenues late Thursday, authorities said.

Firefighters arrived at 1112 N. 21st St. just after 10 p.m. and found heavy smoke coming out of the front door of a studio apartment attached to a home, fire spokesman Tim Szymanski said.

The man was found on the floor just inside the front door and barely breathing. He was rushed to University Medical Center with third-degree burns on his arms and second-degree burns on the upper half of his body, along with severe respiratory burns and smoke inhalation.

The fire was contained to the living room couch, where it is believed to have started.

Investigators believe the fire started accidentally, but the investigation continues.

WILDFIRE PREVENTION

Brush piles to be burned at Lake Mead

National Park Service officials will be burning piles of brush near the Lake Mead Fish Hatchery today in an effort to prevent wildfires.

The Lake Mead Fish Hatchery is on the Nevada side of Lake Mead between Lake Mead Marina and Las Vegas Bay, and smoke from the fires will be visible in the Boulder Basin area park.

For more information, call park officials at 293-8906.

COUPLE ATTACKED

Robbery victim dies from his injuries

Las Vegas police were searching for two men who beat and killed a man during a robbery earlier this week.

The 62-year-old victim, Angel O. Nieva, and his 63-year-old wife were attacked about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday outside their room at the Tahiti Vacation Club at 5101 W. Tropicana Ave., near Decatur Boulevard, police said.

“The suspects came up from behind them and just pummelled both of them,” homicide Lt. Lew Roberts said.

Both victims were taken to University Medical Center. The woman was treated and released to family members. Nieva died the next day.

The couple had been visiting from La Mirada, Calif.

Call Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or detectives at 828-3521.