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By Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 29, 2018 - 3:07 pm

Updated January 29, 2018 - 5:30 pm

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man who died in an eastern Las Vegas Valley house fire late Friday.

Kevin Michael Downey, 62, died after going inside his burning home at 4408 Ridgecrest Drive, near Flamingo and Sandhill roads, to save his pets.

He died at the scene, as did his five cats and one dog, fire officials said.

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