LAS VEGAS (AP) — The spokesman for the Las Vegas fire department has an ironic task Friday — he's briefing the media on a fire that burned his own house.
Las Vegas fire spokesman Tim Szymanski tells the Las Vegas Sun an exhaust fan in a second-floor bathroom apparently started the fire at his Summerlin home about 7:20 a.m. Friday.
Szymanski says he was out running errands with his wife and son at the time, and nobody was injured. He says the family's two dogs and two cats safely escaped out of pet doors.
The newspaper reports the home is currently too damaged to live in.
The spokesman says he often sees fires caused by bathroom fans, and had tried to replace them every five years to avoid the problem.
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