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Vacant house burns in northeast Las Vegas fire

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By RICARDO TORRES LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

July 9, 2015 - 5:30 am

No one was injured when a vacant house caught fire early Monday morning near the intersection of Nellis Boulevard and Owens Avenue, the Clark County Fire Department said.

The single-story house was fully engulfed in flames shortly before 3 a.m. when emergency crews from Clark County and the North Las Vegas Fire Department responded, CCFD said in a news release.

No one was injured and the cause and extent of the damage was not immediately available.

Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites.

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