Strip Mall Fire Causes $500,000 in Damage

More than 70 firefighters battled a blaze consuming a strip mall on Sahara Avenue this morning, officials said.

The Clark County Fire Department responded at 4:30 a.m. to the blaze at the Commercial Center District, 953 E. Sahara Ave., county spokesman Dan Kulin said.

They knocked the fire down by 6 a.m., he said. No one was injured.

Investigators estimate the blaze caused more than $500,000 damage to four businesses, but most occurred in a closed business believed to have been a thrift store, officials said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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