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Firefighters put out blaze at vacant Las Vegas office building

Updated September 13, 2019 - 12:38 am

No injuries were reported in a fire Thursday night in the central Las Vegas Valley, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.

Fire crews responded at 11:18 p.m. to a fire at a vacant law office building at 935 S. Decatur Blvd.

Fire and smoke were showing from the rear of the one-story brick building, fire spokesman Tim Szymanski said in a news release.

The fire was extinguished by 11:45 p.m.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. There was evidence of squatters were using the building, Szymanski said.

Damage is estimated at $50,000.

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