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StumbleHome’s second fire ruled arson, causes $200,000 in damage
Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009 | 10:15 a.m.
House fire
Arsonists early this morning struck a vacant house for a second time in recent weeks at a subdivision near Washington Avenue and Rancho Drive, this time causing about $200,000 in damage, investigators said.
At 2:06 a.m., dispatchers received several reports of a house fire at 2513 Birds Nest Cactus Court. Firefighters had the fire extinguished about 10 minutes after arriving on the scene, Las Vegas Fire Department spokesman Tim Szymanski said. No one was injured in the blaze.
The fire caused serious damage to the second floor, attic and roof of the home, which fire officials said also had been broken into and set on fire during the early morning hours of Aug. 14. The Aug. 14 fire caused little damage and was contained to the first floor living room, Szymanski said, and after that blaze, the home was secured.
A security guard told fire investigators that the home had been checked on within the hour of Saturday night's blaze and everything seemed fine. Both fires have been ruled arson.
Neighbors told authorities the home had been vacant for about two years. The fire remains under investigation.
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DA !!!!....Did the idiot who set the fire think he/she was going to get something out of this ?
keep reaching for the stars, west las vegas!
If you first don't succeed then..
SteveM,
Arson combined with a property vacant for two years smacks of insurance fraud being perpetrated by a landlord, not the folks of the neighborhood. My guess is the the guilty party looks a lot like you. In fact, the RIDICULOUS IDEA to go back so soon and try and burn the home down, definitely sounds like you!
ridding the neighborhood of blighted vacant homes and lowering the standing inventory at the same time. It may be the future for Las Vegas.
Hello,
Look around every neighborhood in Las Vegas (north, south, east or west) and you will see vacant houses. Welcome to the economic downturn that Bush and friends tried to hide until after the election. You will also find idiots in every area too.
i cant believe how many vacants i c n my 'hood.doesnt somebody own these places
Steven M, Doc Holliday said wrote these very words to you yesterday "SteveM, you are an idiot. This is all you ever post about NLV. If you don't like it, GTFO moron".
I have a some changes to his posting:
SteveM, you are STILL an idiot. All you ever do is post negativity about Las Vegas. Why do you continue to live and work (as a real estate representative) in such an area you obviously hate so much?
On a lighter note, the lenders have to start contributing to the recovery. WORK with people to say in their homes. 89 banks have failed in 2009 alone!! I think that at least 90% of these banks would still be around had they had stopped being so greedy and just tried to meet homeowners halfway.
LMAO...... I find it hard to believe any home in that neighborhood is worth anywhere near 200 large.