The task force is driving to Texas with pickup trucks, 18-wheelers and support vehicles loaded with gear and equipment, according to Clark County.
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As of about 8 p.m., Ray Johnson of the U.S. Forest Service said residents who live in the area of the blaze had been evacuated and were not allowed to return to their homes.
The crash happened when a white Ford F-250 pickup was traveling south in the northbound right lane of Interstate 15 near mile maker 53, according to troopers.
Police received a call about a child drowning in the pool of an apartment community in the 3800 block of South Nellis Boulevard just after 4 p.m.
Police said a vehicle pulled up next to the detective’s vehicle and “a female voice could be heard asking if there was anyone in the car.”
Dark smoke could be seen from many areas of the valley as officials from the Clark County Fire Department battled the blaze.
An exchange of gunfire Sunday evening between police and suspects in a previous shooting led to two people being injured, according to authorities.
A crash involving four vehicles at the intersection of North Eastern Avenue and East Stewart Avenue happened just before 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
A 41-year-old man has been arrested in the Sunday night killing of two people on a busy Strip sidewalk. The gunfire was captured by the victims’ own livestream.
Clark County Fire responded to reports of a vehicle fire at a Las Vegas Casino’s parking garage.
Two American Red Cross of Southern Nevada volunteers deployed to Kentucky and Missouri to help with relief efforts after “catastrophic storms and tornadoes” hit the area last week.
Gusty winds closed multiple stages at the Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
It was in the high 90s in most of the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday, inching closer and closer to triple-digit weather, according to the National Weather Service.
Two children are dead after a crash on northbound Interstate 15, near mile marker 100 and Carp Elgin Road, involving multiple vehicles.
A single engine plane with four people on board crashed Sunday morning on Las Vegas Boulevard, South, just north of Jean, according to the Clark County Fire Department.