LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A woman is recovering from serious injuries after some good Samaritans helped rescue her from a burning home in Las Vegas, according to authorities.
Las Vegas firefighters responded to the 1100 block of Doolittle Avenue, near Martin Luther King and Lake Mead boulevards, around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving reports that a house was on fire.
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When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke was showing from the one story wood frame/stucco house. There was a woman sitting on the curb, she appeared to be injured.
Firefighters entered the home and found the fire in the kitchen. Crews had the fire out in a few minutes.
The woman was transported to the UMC Trauma in serious condition for smoke inhalation.
Firefighters say the fire appears to be the result of unattended cooking.
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The fire activated the smoke alarms in the house which woke the woman who was sleeping in a bedroom. She could not escape through the front of the house, passerbys stopped and pulled a set of burglar bars off the front of the house which was blocking her escape.
The woman suffered a number of lacerations from broken glass of the window.
The fire caused an estimated $25,000 damage.
North Las Vegas fire department also assisted at the fire.
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There were no reported injuries to first responders.
