Northwest LV house fire leaves eight without home

A family of eight was displaced after a northwestern Las Vegas home was damaged by fire Saturday evening, the Las Vegas Fire Department said.

In a statement posted on Facebook, the department said fire dispatchers received several 911 calls at 7:39 p.m. Saturday about a house on fire on Fawn Avenue near U.S. Highway 95 and Jones Boulevard. Arriving firefighters saw heavy smoke and fire coming from a twostory wood-framed, split-level home.

Firefighters extinguished the fire in about 10 minutes, the department said.

One of the home’s residents told fire investigators he was cooking and a pan of grease caught fire. He ran across the street to ask a neighbor for a fire extinguisher but found the fire too big to fight when he returned.

The department said the man’s family — two adults and six children — and their dog escaped uninjured.

The fire gutted the kitchen and caused heat damage to the attic, living room and back patio, the department said.