Video: Fire destroys Las Vegas shopping complex near UNLV campus

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Clark County occurrence crews battled a ample occurrence Friday greeting successful a concern analyzable crossed the thoroughfare from the UNLV field connected Maryland Parkway, adjacent Tropicana Avenue.

The occurrence was reported soon aft 8 a.m. astatine 4632 S. Maryland Parkway. The plaza is known arsenic the University Gardens and houses respective businesses, including a station office, which occurrence officials said was destroyed.

"We arrived to find the two-story portion promenade main halfway conception of the portion promenade with dense occurrence and fume showing from the roof," Clark County Fire Deputy Chief Thomas Touchstone said. "We bash person reports it started successful the rear."

Black fume from the occurrence could beryllium seen done the Las Vegas valley. Touchstone said Passersby called successful the blaze. Most of the businesses successful the analyzable had not opened for the time yet.

No injuries are reported, astatine this time, Touchstone said. "Right now, we don't cognize if determination are immoderate victims due to the fact that we haven't been capable to hunt the main occupancy, and that's going to instrumentality america a fewer hours."

Under dense flames, the halfway of the gathering collapsed, creating a unsafe concern for firefighters. Touchstone said that owed to the property of the building, it apt didn't person a sprinkler system.

Touchstone said crews went into a antiaircraft mode to support the flames from destroying the northbound and southbound ends of the two-story complex. As a result, those portions of the gathering had minimal damage.

Between 100 to 125 firefighters responded, and truthful did betwixt 40 to 50 Las Vegas Metropolitan constabulary officers.

Metro constabulary said postulation is closed successful some directions connected Maryland Parkway betwixt Harmon Avenue and University Road.

The occurrence was reported to beryllium 90 percent contained astatine 9:30 a.m. and isn't posing a menace to different structures successful the area, occurrence officials said.

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