| Fire Destroys Old Cement Plant Shop/Office Building | |||
| By Vernon Robison Moapa Valley Progress Published August 12, 2009 A major fire burned through a large metal building at the abandoned Royal Cement plant north of Logandale on Sunday night. The fire started in the building sometime around 6:30 p.m. No one was in the building at the time of the fire and no injuries occurred. Fire Station 73 in Logandale was first to be dispatched to the location, receiving the alarm at about 7:00 p.m. Upon arrival, the building was fully engulfed in flame. Station 72 in |
 A major fire broke out in a large steel building at the abandoned Royal Cement plant north of Logandale on Sunday night. Photo by John Robison |
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| Moapa and Station 74 in Overton were called in to assist in the effort.
Firefighters had to remove barricades that had been placed to block the roads into the abandoned property. “The owner had tried to block the roadway with a cable and an old car,” said Clark County Fire Department Rural Coordinator Kurt Leavitt. “We had to cut through the cable and move the car to gain access to the property.” The metal building which was ablaze housed a large workshop and storage area at one end and was partitioned into what appeared to be office spaces on the other end, said Leavitt. “We started off with an external attack at the beginning,” Leavitt said. “There were some propane tanks that were going off inside so we kept everyone out. But once we had things cooled down a little we were able to breach through some roll-up doors into the building.” Firefighters spent about five hours on the scene extinguishing the fire. “It was not until a little before midnight that we were leaving the scene,” Leavitt said. Clark County Fire Department inspectors were called in to investigate the scene. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. |
