Fire causes estimated $2.5 million damage at storage facility near Summerlin — PHOTOS
April 9, 2016 - 8:34 pm
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A fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard damaged or destroyed 37 RVs, boats, travel trailers and personal watercraft on Saturday, April 9, 2016. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
Ash and debris remain under a warped metal awning following a fire that caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
An investigator works at the scene of a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
An investigator works at the scene of a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
The cab of an RV remains, scorched from the heat of the fire that burned the top and back of the vehicle to ash at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
The shell of a motor home, right, sits next to a trailer reduced to a frame and two propane tanks following a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Follow @RJgreg09
An RV destroyed in a fire sits under a warped metal awning at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
A destroyed motor home and a boat are shown at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Follow @RJgreg09
The warped metal awning is shown above burned RVs, boats and travel trailers following a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
A collapsed metal awning is shown following a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
A collapsed metal awning is shown following a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
The hull of a boat is barely discernible after a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @RJgreg09
Little remains of the boats and vehicles under a metal awning following a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
Playing cards and ashes sit in the parking lot following a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
The inside of a travel trailer is shown following a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
Destroyed travel trailers are shown following a fire at the Storage at Summerlin business on West Lake Mead Boulevard on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The fire damaged or destroyed 37 boats, RVs, travel trailers and personal watercraft. (Greg Haas/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @RJgreg09
Thirty-seven vehicles were damaged or destroyed in a fire Saturday at a storage facility near Summerlin.
Damages are estimated to be at least $2.5 million, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Syzmanski said Saturday.
Las Vegas Fire and Rescue responded to a call of a recreational vehicle motor home on fire shortly after 2 p.m. at the Storage at Summerlin facility at 7441 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Syzmanski said.
The fire was fueled by a propane tank, tires, and plastics on the RV, Syzmanski said. The 37 affected vehicles included cars, boats, pickups, RV trailers and motor homes.
A worker at a nearby Pep Boys Auto Parts and Service said the fire sent up “a lot of dark smoke.”
The man, who gave only his first name, Cole, said he also heard some knocking sounds before the fire. “It sounded like knocking on a wall. I guess that was the propane tank exploding,” he said.
About 4:15 p.m. Syzmanski said that the main fire was out, but firefighters would remain at the scene for several more hours to hit hot spots.
None of the storage buildings was damaged, he said.
No injuries were reported, and the cause was accidental, Syzmanski said.
West Lake Mead Boulevard was reopened to traffic heading east Saturday evening after several hours of closure.
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