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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas firefighters say ashes from a backyard fire pit led to a neighboring home catching fire and displacing two people.
Fire officials say crews were called to Don Gasper Avenue and Lake Mead around 4:30 a.m. Saturday where an outside fire had spread to a house.
Las Vegas fire spokesman Tim Szymanski says firefighters put out the fire within minutes.
A man in the house tried to extinguish it with a garden hose but suffered minor smoke inhalation. He was treated at the scene.
Investigators say strong winds blew hot ashes from the pit, which had been lit for a party the night before, to the roof of the house next door.
They say the fire caused $10,000 damage to the home's exterior.
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