Rainbow reopens after backyard debris burns
Las Vegas and Clark County fire department crews respond to a house fire off Tara Avenue, near Rainbow Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Las Vegas police shut down a portion of northbound Rainbow near Sahara. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas and Clark County fire department crews respond to a house fire off Tara Avenue near Rainbow Boulevard and Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. The fire was contained to the backyard. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas and Clark County fire department crews respond to a house fire off Tara Avenue, near Rainbow Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Las Vegas police shut down a portion of northbound Rainbow. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police block northbound Rainbow Boulevard near Sahara Avenue Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, as Las Vegas and Clark County fire department crews respond to a house fire off Tara Avenue. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police block northbound Rainbow Boulevard near Sahara Avenue Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, as Las Vegas and Clark County fire department crews respond to a house fire off Tara Avenue. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Burning debris in a west valley backyard closed down traffic on Rainbow Boulevard Monday morning, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
Fire crews responded to the blaze just after 6 a.m.
Investigators said the fire started in a large collection of debris in a yard in the 2700 block of South Rainbow Boulevard, near Sahara Avenue.
No one was injured during the fire, which did not spread to the home and only damaged some exterior stucco, the fire department said.
Rainbow was closed in both directions between Sahara and Edna for firefighters and investigators to work, but the road reopened before 9 a.m.
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