1 Dead and 3 Injured After House Fire in East Las Vegas Valley
I remember reading about the fire early Monday morning, and it immediately struck me how quickly chaos can take over a quiet neighborhood. Just before 11:30 a.m., a fire broke out at a single-family home on the 6900 block of Stone Meadows Avenue, near South Hollywood Boulevard and East Charleston Boulevard.
If you live nearby, you can imagine the shock—one moment it’s a normal morning, the next, smoke and flames are everywhere.
When the Clark County Fire Department arrived, the house was already “well involved with fire.” I can’t stress enough how dangerous that situation is. Firefighters tried to enter the home to put out the flames and search for anyone inside, but the roof collapsed, forcing them to retreat. That split-second decision likely saved lives—sometimes the bravest act is knowing when to step back…