A large fire that broke out across from UNLV’s campus in July was caused by an accident, but its origin remained undetermined, officials said Thursday.

The July 25 fire at the University Gardens Shopping Center, at 4632 S. Maryland Pkwy., likely started in first-floor units of the commercial strip mall, Clark County public information officer Christine Crews said in an email Thursday.

However, due to the extensive damage caused by the blaze, Clark County Fire Department investigators have been unable to determine a cause or a point of origin, Crews said.

The blaze was first reported around 8:10 a.m. and destroyed a post office and other businesses in the area, the Las Vegas Review-Journal previously reported.

Neither Crews in her statement Thursday or investigators at the time of the b

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