Firefighters respond to smoke at CSN West Charleston campus

By KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

June 18, 2015 - 4:13 pm

Las Vegas fire department is responding to “light smoke” at the West Charleston campus of College of Southern Nevada, the agency tweeted.

One room of a building on campus, 6375 West Charleston Blvd., near the intersection of Oakey Boulevard and Torrey Pines Drive, is displaying light smoke.

Firefighters arrived about 5 p.m. Thursday.

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