Man accused of setting garage fire

A man was arrested Saturday morning and accused of setting a garage on fire in the east Las Vegas Valley with two people inside the house.

Officers said they believe that the man got into a physical fight with his girlfriend in Summerlin before driving to a home on the 2100 block of Falling Rain, near East Sahara Avenue and South Hollywood Boulevard, and starting a fire around 7 a.m., according to Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Aaron Lee.

The people inside the house, who were family members of the man, escaped without being injured, Lee said.

Clark County firefighters found the fire engulfing two vehicles inside the garage, according to a statement from Assistant Fire Chief Dan Heenan.

“The initial reports indicated a male was present at the residence and had intentionally set the garage on fire,” Heenan wrote. “Metro also reported that there may have been shots fired either before or during the intentionally set fire.”

Firefighters knocked down the blaze just before 7:30 a.m., and the house was not damaged. The cause of the fire was still being investigated.

Police did not release the name of the man or his charges.

Ellen Schmidt Las Vegas Review-journal @ellenschmidttt Las Vegas police remain at the scene of a house fire on Saturday in the 2100 block of Falling Rain Drive.