Firefighters battle house fire in central Las Vegas

Firefighters battled a house fire at 2417 Howard Drive, near Oakey Boulevard and Fremont Street Tuesday morning in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Firefighters battled a house fire at 2417 Howard Drive on Tuesday morning. No one was injured. Fire investigators were trying to determine a cause. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Heavy smoke is seen as Las Vegas firefighters prepare to battle a house fire at 2417 Howard Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Heavy smoke is seen as a Las Vegas firefighter prepares to battle a house fire at 2417 Howard Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

A Las Vegas firefighter battles a house fire at 2417 Howard Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Las Vegas firefighters battle a house fire at 2417 Howard Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

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By Glenn Puit / Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 18, 2020 - 9:57 am

Firefighters battled a house fire Tuesday morning in central Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Fire Department spokesman Tim Szymanski said firefighters were called to a home at 2417 Howard Drive, near Oakey Boulevard and Fremont Street, at 9:10 a.m. They found heavy fire and smoke showing from the rear of the one-story home.

Firefighters put out the flames, searched the home and found no one inside. No injuries were reported. Szymanski said fire investigators are trying to determine a cause of the blaze.

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