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Vacant house fire reported on Wednesday

Posted at 2:57 PM, Jan 11, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-11 17:57:46-05
Las Vegas firefighters responded to 3125 Sequoia Avenue, near Washington Avenue and Mojave Drive at 9:34 a.m. Wednesday.
 
Fire dispatchers received several 9-1-1 calls that smoke was coming from a vacant house on the street.
 
Smoke was showing when firefighters arrived at the two-story wood frame boarded up house.  
 
Firefighters got inside the house and found a fire on the first floor. The fire was brought under control in a few minutes. 
 
Fire investigators believe the fire started from a warming fire used by squatters that were inside the house.  
 
Neighbors said the house has been vacant for the past several months.
 
Damage was confined to a small portion of the house.  Damage was estimated at $20,000.
 
Firefighters from Clark County and North Las Vegas also assisted at the fire.