1 person dies in RV fire in central Las Vegas

Las Vegas Review-Journal

6 years ago

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze in a recreational vehicle near West Bonanza Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Firefighters confirmed they found a deceased person in the RV. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas firefighters investigate the cause of a fatal fire in a recreational vehicle near West Bonanza Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Firefighters confirmed they found a deceased person in the RV. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

A Las Vegas firefighter investigates the cause of a blaze in a recreational vehicle near West Bonanza Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Firefighters confirmed they found a deceased person in the RV. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

One person died from a recreational vehicle fire near 700 Sunny Place, near West Bonanza Road and North Martin Luther KIng Boulevard, on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Las Vegas Fire Department)

Las Vegas fire investigators at the scene of a fatal fire in a recreational vehicle parked next to a home near 700 Sunny Place in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

One person died Friday morning when a recreational vehicle burst into flames in the front yard of a central Las Vegas home, marking the first fatal fire of the year investigated by the Las Vegas Fire Department.

The blaze, which destroyed the RV, broke out around 4:50 a.m. at 701 Sunny Place, near West Bonanza Road and North Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to the Fire Department.

Clark County property records show that the home where the RV was parked is owned by James Ray Gray.

“We were dispatched to smoke in the area,” James Suarez, battalion chief for the department, said Friday. “When we arrived, we had a fully involved RV.”

Within a matter of minutes, Suarez said, firefighters had extinguished the blaze and entered the RV, where they found the body.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation Friday by the Fire Department and the Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide section, which is standard for fatal fires.

The Clark County coroner’s office will release the victim’s identity after relatives are notified, as well as determine the official cause and manner of death.

Contact Glenn Puit at gpuit@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0390. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Rio Lacanlale contributed to this report.