Firefighters responded to a house fire in the Summerlin area overnight.
It happened at a home on Pinnacle Heights Lane near Summerlin Parkway and Town Center shortly after 2 a.m.
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue says that a female teen was asleep in a bedroom in the home when she woke to popping noises. She saw smoke coming from a charging station for electrical devices.
The smoke activated the home's smoke alarms which woke up the girl's mother. The girl and her mother were able to escape safely.
The bedroom was completely gutted and 2 adults and a teenager have been displaced.
LVFR says that electrical fires and the 2nd leading cause of fires in Las Vegas and cause more damage than all other types of fires combined.
Damage is estimated at $40,000.
UPDATE: 2:19AM 729 Pinnacle Heights Ln, fire in upstairs bedroom - OUT, no inj's, cause U/I, checkN for hotspots PIO1 pic.twitter.com/aCjfsomvdw
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) October 7, 2016
UPDATE: 2Adults/1Teen displaced, 1 bedroom gutted, 2nd flr heat/smoke Dmg $40K, cause/investigators still looking, no injuries PIO1 pic.twitter.com/1s1yRzIsDJ
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) October 7, 2016
FINAL-Cause undetermined, can't rule out electrical in nature, occup't says charging station for devices was in area of origin. PIO1 pic.twitter.com/unIXdCK37Z
— Las Vegas FireRescue (@LasVegasFD) October 7, 2016
