Pavement repair work will affect traffic in northwest Las Vegas for the next three months.

Starting Monday, there will be construction on Coke Street from Maggie Avenue to Racel Street, on Racel from Conough Lane to Tenaya Way, on Tenaya from Racel to Farm Road, and on Farm from Rainbow Boulevard to Decatur Boulevard.

Work hours generally will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

LAS VEGAS - A viewer wants to know why three main roads to thousands of homes north of the 215 Beltway in the northern part of the valley are closed for construction.

The beltway, a 53-mile stretch of road that circles three-quarters of the valley, was completed in 2003. It was hard to predict how fast the valley's population would grow. County officials say the bigger beltway was needed to suit current and future traffic volumes.

Crews closed three roads near the beltway – Bradley Road, Decatur Boulevard and Jones Boulevard – at the same time to expedite construction and lessen the effect on the area. In other words, officials chose to create a shorter period of tough travel, rather than a longer, drawn-out timeline.

An early morning fire has left a family of six homeless.

According to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, the fire started just after 1 a.m. Wednesday at a home near Cimarron and Alexander roads, which is in unincorporated Clark County.

The family told fire crews that they woke up when they heard explosions. They found a back shed, that is attached to the house, on fire. The two adults and four children were able to make it out without injuries.

The 20-to-30-mile-per-hour wind overnight made it difficult to fight the fire and spread it quickly to the attic of the house. Shortly after firefighters arrived, the roof of the home caved in.

Crews were also hampered by the lack of water in the area.

"This is an older part of the county. These houses have been up here for awhile. There is limited water, that means there is limited fire hydrants in the area," Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesperson Tim Szymanski said.