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Watch Las Vegas FFs Douse Intense Palm Tree, Apartment Blaze

March 10, 2020

Raw video captured Las Vegas crews working to extinguish several palm trees that caught fire and spread to a nearby apartment building, displacing at least four people.

Source Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas firefighters put out several palm trees that caught fire and spread to a nearby apartment building Monday.

Several palm trees caught fire Monday morning, with the blaze extending to an adjacent apartment building, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue officials said.

No injuries were reported, but at least four people were displaced from their homes, officials said.

The fire was reported about 8 a.m. in the area of Charleston and Las Vegas boulevard in downtown Las Vegas, officials said. The intensely burning fire spread to the outside and attic of the single-story building with seven studio apartments, officials said.

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze, officials said.

The cause of the fire, which did about $10,000 in damage, was under investigation, officials said.

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