Neighbors pull critically injured man from burning apartment

By STEVEN SLIVKA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

11 years ago

A Las Vegas firefighter talks to residents after an apartment fire Wednesday morning at Veteran’s Village Apartments, 1150 S. Las Vegas Blvd. One person was taken to University Medical Center with serious burns to both legs. (Courtesy, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue/Facebook)

Damage to one apartment at Veteran’s Village Apartments, 1150 S. Las Vegas Blvd., was estimated at $25,000 in a Wednesday morning blaze. One person was taken to University Medical Center with serious burns to both legs. (Courtesy, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue/Facebook)

(Las Vegas Fire and Rescue)

Neighbors rescued a man from his burning apartment building near Charleston and Las Vegas boulevards Wednesday morning.

Las Vegas fire fighters responded to the Veteran’s Village Apartments about 9 a.m. and saw heavy flames coming from an upstairs apartment, according to Tim Szymanski of the Las Vegas Fire Department.

Neighbors heard the smoke alarms going off, and found the man laying next to a bed that was on fire when they entered his apartment, Szymanski said.

The neighbors pulled the man downstairs when firefighters arrived, and the blaze was extinguished in five minutes. The man was transported to the hospital with critical burns to his legs.

Investigators said the cause of the fire was due to careless smoking. Damage was estimated at $25,000.

Contact reporter Steven Slivka at 702-383-0381 or at sslivka@reviewjournal.com. Follow @StevenSlivka on Twitter.