A police car blocks Death Valley Drive while crews put out a mobile home fire. (Peter Dawson/FOX5)LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
A 60-year-old man has died following a blaze at a mobile home in the east end of the Las Vegas valley, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
Authorities said the fire was reported about 7:49 a.m. Wednesday at the Desert Inn Mobile Family Estates in the 3400 block of Death Valley Drive, near Nellis Boulevard and Desert Inn Road.
A neighbor living behind the fire told dispatchers of a reported explosion.
CCFD originally reported a person trapped inside the home.
After crews controlled the fire, firefighters found a man dead inside the burned home, according to fire officials.
Police said they were keeping people away from the neighborhood as a gas leak was been investigated.
There was no official word on what caused the fire. Officials said there were no other injuries.
The fire caused an estimated $15,000 in damage, according to officials.
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