The event will take place on Thursday May 16th at the Clark County government center amphitheater and is inspired by the amount of heat-related illness diagnosed each year.
The fatal fire early Monday originated in the living room of a fifth-floor residence at the Wimbledon Las Vegas luxury condominium building near UNLV.
Clark County Fire Department crews rushed to the 6000 block of Yellowstone Avenue, near Lake Mead Boulevard and Mt. Hood Street, at about 12:35 p.m., to find the front of a mobile home engulfed in flames.
Travis Mattsson, who has lived at Siegel Suites Las Vegas Boulevard for a year, said he didn’t hear a fire alarm in his unit. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fire at Siegel Suites at 700 Las Vegas Blvd. North, near Bonanza Road, forced the evacuation of dozens of residents Friday morning, June 5. Approximately 60 residents were observed standing outside at 11 a.m. Four Las Vegas police officers suffered smoke inhalation as they knocked on doors, urging people to get out. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
One person died in a fire in a vacant house in east Las Vegas, near Eastern Avenue and Oakey Boulevard, early Monday morning, May 4, 2020, according to fire officials and witnesses. (Glenn Puit & Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Fire Department officials said one person was killed in a fire in a vacant house on Eastern Avenue near Oakey Boulevard on Monday, May 4, 2020. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Windy conditions helped spread a fire in a Henderson backyard to another neighborhood structure Thursday afternoon.
Firefighters battle a blaze at Nellis Plaza at 1000 N. Nellis Blvd. in east Las Vegas, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A house under construction was destroyed by fire and two others sustained minor damage in northwest Las Vegas early Thursday, April 2. Las Vegas firefighters evacuated residents as a precaution and there were no injuries. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Firefighters have contained a 10-acre fire in the preserve area of Clark County Wetlands Park, April 2. Larry Haydu, Clark County assistant fire chief, gives details. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Larry Haydu, assistant fire chief for the Clark County Fire Department, talks about a 10-acre fire at Clark County Wetlands Park on Thursday, April 2. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
One person and a dog were found dead after a fire in a detached structure adjacent to a house near East Monroe Avenue and North Betty Lane in east Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Multiple units have responded to a fire Wednesday at a North Las Vegas business. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Authorities said a vacant mobile home caught fire Tuesday afternoon and spread to adjectment mobile homes, according to a news release from the Clark County Fire Department. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
District Judge Rob Bare began hearing arguments Tuesday afternoon to decide if former residents of the Alpine Motel Apartments can finally collect the belongings they were forced to abandon as they escaped a deadly December fire.
Anna Ramirez, a resident the Bridger Inn Hotel in downtown Las Vegas tells her experience of getting out of the building during a fire early Friday morning, Feb. 7, 2020. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police say a sexual assault and hotel fire Wednesday morning at the Excalibur are connected. (Alexis Egeland/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Firefighters in North Las Vegas were called to an Amazon warehouse about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday after a fire started inside the building.
A fire caused heavy damage to an apartment building in the west Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Two people were injured in a house fire at 4317 Mott Circle in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan 30, 2020. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Recruits partake in drills during the Clark County Fire Department’s live fire training on a house located at 7051 W. Pebble Rd. in Las Vegas on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. The current recruit academy is the 6th class to partake in the live fire training event. The trainees are set to graduate on January 22nd. 2019.
Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto
City of Las Vegas is opening Dula Gym to help families displaced after Saturday’s deadly Alpine Motel apartment fire. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Fire Department investigators served a search warrant on the Alpine Motel Apartments on Sunday. The warrant was part of an investigation into a fire that killed six people. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tenants of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building jumped from second- and third-story windows to escape an early morning fire Saturday that killed six and injured 13. (Nicole Klein)
Tenants of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building jumped from second- and third-story windows to escape an early morning fire Saturday that killed six and injured 13. (Nicole Klein)
Tenants of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building jumped from second- and third-story windows to escape an early morning fire Saturday that killed six and injured 13. (Courtesy Nicole Klein)
Alpine Motel fire survivors talk about their experience when evacuating the building that killed 6 people.
Crews battle a house fire Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, near East Horizon Ridge Parkway and East Mission Drive in Henderson. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Firefighters on Saturday morning extinguished a car blaze that damaged six other vehicles in a parking garage at McCarran International Airport. (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)