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By Max Michor Las Vegas Review-Journal

August 23, 2017 - 3:35 am

Updated August 23, 2017 - 7:52 am

A small fire broke out just after midnight Wednesday in a restroom at a northwest Las Vegas Valley school.

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said firefighters responded about 12:17 a.m. to Cadwallader Middle School and discovered that a hand dryer had caught fire.

Szymanski said two engines responded and no one was injured.

The fire did not delay school.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter.

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