Body found in burned-out chapel
Cause of the blaze yet to be determined

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue
Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - A raging fire destroyed a vacant downtown wedding chapel and caused road closures along Las Vegas Boulevard on Tuesday night.
Wednesday, during their investigation into a possible cause, firefighters discovered a body in the burned-out wreckage.
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A large fire destroyed a former wedding chapel that's sat vacant in downtown Las Vegas. @JoeVigil reports.
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Firefighters responded to building on Las Vegas Boulevard north of the Strat Hotel late Tuesday afternoon.
More images from 1431 S. Las Vegas Boulevard as @LasVegasFD firefighters battle against flames engulfing a vacant Googie wedding chapel building (formerly a Bob's Big Boy) near the downtown Arts District pic.twitter.com/A6EiEShgKF
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When firefighters arrived on scene, thick smoke was coming from the one story building which was boarded up and appeared secured. After it appeared the fire was growing in intensity so a second alarm was dispatched to the fire. During the height of the fire, there were 30 fire units with 70 fire personnel on scene battling the blaze.
@LasVegasFD 2-Alarm fire now #PIO1NEWS pic.twitter.com/A93zWCWv4D
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Chapel of the Flowers fully engulfed on the Las Vegas Boulevard. @LasVegasFD @Joe_Bartels @KTNV pic.twitter.com/D2pW5XJfp8
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The building was completely destroyed. Damage is estimated at $1 million.
Fire personnel from Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Clark County fire departments battled the blaze.