LAS VEGAS, NV (KXNT) - Nearly a dozen people were left homeless after fire tore through their apartment complex on Tuesday night.
Las Vegas and North Las Vegas firefighters responded to the Portola Del Sol apartment complex on Simmons Street north of Vegas Drive just before midnight. When firefighters arrived on scene, heavy flames were coming out the front window of a second floor apartment of a two story apartment building.
Firefighters were able to bring the fire under control in less than ten minutes. One apartment had fire and smoke damage and the apartment next door had heavy smoke damage. A damage estimate was not immediately available.
In the apartment where the fire originated are three occupants, two adults and an infant. One of the adults were taken to the hospital to have a serious laceration to their foot taken care of. A neighbor next door escaped her apartment, but returned to find a pet dog. She was overcome with smoke, she was taken to the hospital for further treatment.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
There were no injuries to first responders on scene.