A middle-aged woman was found dead inside a burning apartment early Saturday in the eastern valley, marking the fifth fire-related death in Las Vegas this year.
Crews from Las Vegas and Clark County fire departments were on scene within minutes of receiving the first of multiple 911 calls from residents at the Corona Del Sol Apartments on East Charleston Boulevard, near Lamb and Nellis boulevards. It was still dark outside when they arrived about 5:15 a.m., finding “heavy flames” spilling out of the windows of a second-floor unit in building 4640, according to Las Vegas Fire Department spokesman Tim Szymanski.
Firefighters found the woman on the floor of a bedroom, where investigators believe the fire had started near a closet, although the exact cause of the fire could not immediately be determined Saturday, Szymanski said. The woman was home alone at the time of the fire, and no one else was injured.