Fire damages 2 apartments, displaces 6 residents

By KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

9 years ago

Damaged apartments are seen after an early morning fire injured one person at Sundance Village Apartments on near Charleston and Rainbow boulevards in Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A fire at Sundance Village Apartments, 6500 Charleston Blvd., damaged two apartments and displaced five residents early Wednesday morning, June 17, 2015. (Courtesy/Las Vegas Fire Department)

Four adults and two children were displaced after a fire at an apartment complex early Wednesday morning, the Las Vegas fire department wrote in a release.

The fire was reported at 3:40 a.m. at Sundance Village Apartments, 6500 Charleston Blvd., near Rainbow Boulevard.

One of the displaced residents was transported to University Medical Center because of smoke inhalation, the release said. The injury did not appear to be life-threatening.

Fire officials determined the fire started accidentally on a stove in a downstairs apartment and spread to an upstairs unit. The fire was out in 10 minutes.

Damage was estimated at $70,000.

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