Coroner names 2nd victim found in rubble of January chapel fire
A second victim found in the rubble of a downtown fire was identified Wednesday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The coroner identified the man as Burton Fisher, 31.
Fisher was found earlier this month and identified as the second victim of a Jan. 12 fire that destroyed a former wedding chapel located at 1431 Las Vegas Blvd., South, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
The coroner had not yet ruled Fisher’s cause and manner of death Wednesday.
The first man found, 30-year-old Steven Warren, died of inhalation of products of combustion, thermal injuries and burns and methamphetamine use, the coroner ruled. His manner of death was undetermined.
The chapel was one of the last remnants of futuristic, Space-age Googie architecture that used to populate Las Vegas in the middle of the 20th Century. Over the decades, many local Googie buildings have been restructured or torn down, including the Stardust.
The damage from the fire was estimated at over $1 million. An insurance company continues to work with the fire department to investigate the cause of the fire.
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