Coroner IDs Las Vegas apartment fire victim
A Clark County Coroner and Medical Examiner vehicle parked at headquarters at 1704 Pinto Lane in Las Vegas on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
A man killed in a late-January apartment fire has been identified.
He was Edward J. Delgado, 73, of Las Vegas, the Clark County coroner’s office said. He died of inhaling combustion products, and his death was ruled an accident.
Firefighters found him about 4 p.m. Jan. 28 inside of an apartment at 605 S. Royal Crest Circle, near Twain Avenue and Swenson Street.
Clark County Fire Department crews discovered a smoldering fire in the apartment.
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