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By Jonah Dylan Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 9, 2021 - 10:44 am

Updated May 9, 2021 - 12:19 pm

One person was transported to the hospital after a fire early Sunday in northwest Las Vegas.

Firefighters responded to a reported bedroom fire around 9:20 a.m. in a one-story house on the 4200 block of Sawyer Avenue, near West Lake Mead Boulevard and North Rancho Drive, according to a Sunday news release.

The fire was put out and is under investigation by arson investigators, the release said.

No other information was immediately available.

Contact Jonah Dylan at jdylan@reviewjournal.com. Follow @TheJonahDylan on Twitter.

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