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Coroner IDs Las Vegas woman who died after apartment fire

Updated June 5, 2018 - 11:40 am

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the woman who died after an apartment fire last week.

Las Vegas resident Roberta Patterson, 64, died May 28 after a fire in a unit at the Rancho Del Sol apartments, 4201 W. Rochelle Ave., near Flamingo Road and Arville Street, fire officials said.

Arriving crews found a small fire burning in the apartment’s kitchen. Patterson, who was severely burned, died a short time later at a hospital.

The fire did not spread to any neighboring units.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

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