LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — Massive fires across the Vegas Valley have destroyed several apartment complexes that were under construction including one earlier this week that injured a construction worker and firefighter.

These types of fires are among the dangerous and destructive but what can be done to prevent them? One of those major fires was just off the 215 and Durango at the Kaktus Life Apartments. It is now being rebuilt using an anti-fire spray on every piece of lumber. Friday, FOX5 revisited the site to check on progress and spoke with the team tasked with ensuring it doesn’t burn again.

The fire broke out on June 20, 2023, as the apartment complex was well into its construction. It was one of the largest fires the Vegas Valley has seen in years.

The fire sent embers across the fr

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