LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas Fire & Rescue rescued one person in a building fire in the northeast Las Vegas valley on Saturday afternoon.
Around 2:50 p.m. LVFR responded to a report of a building fire with a trapped victim in the 9100 block of Echelon Point Drive near Fort Apache Road and Deer Spring Way.
When crews arrived they found a garage fire that extended to the residence. LVFR units had ladders thrown and the trapped victim on the balcony was rescued.
Fire crews were able to extinguish the fire by 3:17 p.m. The victim was taken to a local hospital for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
