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Person rescued from car fire in Las Vegas critically hurt

A person is in “extremely critical” condition after being rescued from a vehicle on fire in the south valley Wednesday night, Las Vegas police said.

Officers were called about 8 p.m. to the area of Valley View Boulevard and Cactus Avenue after a report of a vehicle on fire, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. William Matchko said.

A person inside the car was rescue and taken to a hospital in “extremely critical” condition, he said.

Further information was not immediately available.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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