Wildfire engulfs brush near Sam Boyd Stadium and William Bennett Radio Controlled Airfield on the eastern edge of the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Vegas88s
A fire burns near Clark County Wetlands Park and Sam Boyd Stadium on Thursday. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fire burns near Clark County Wetlands Park and Sam Boyd Stadium on Thursday. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fire burns near Clark County Wetlands Park and Sam Boyd Stadium on Thursday. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fire burns near Clark County Wetlands Park and Sam Boyd Stadium on Thursday. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fire burns near Clark County Wetlands Park and Sam Boyd Stadium on Thursday. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fire burns near Clark County Wetlands Park and Sam Boyd Stadium on Thursday. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Wildfire engulfs brush near Sam Boyd Stadium and William Bennett Radio Controlled Airfield on the eastern edge of the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Vegas88s
Wildfire engulfs brush near Sam Boyd Stadium and William Bennett Radio Controlled Airfield on the eastern edge of the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Vegas88s
Wildfire engulfs brush near Sam Boyd Stadium and William Bennett Radio Controlled Airfield on the eastern edge of the Las Vegas valley on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Vegas88s
Firefighters observe a brush fire near Sam Boyd Stadium and William Bennett Radio Controlled Airfield on the eastern edge of the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal @Vegas88s
A brush fire is burning Thursday evening near Clark County Wetlands Park and Sam Boyd Stadium.
Clark County firefighters were called of the fire about 5:30 p.m., according to Clark County Fire Department Deputy Chief Kelly Blackmon.
“We are currently on scene and monitoring the progress,” Blackmon said in a release.
The Bureau of Land Management is also responding, she said.
Smoke from the fire can be seen from across the valley.