Las Vegas Hotel fire 1/25/2008

A fire broke out on the upper levels of a 3,000-room Las Vegas hotel this morning (Australian time) before being brought under control with no reports of injuries, officials said.
The fire erupted at the Monte Carlo hotel on the Las Vegas Strip shortly before 11:00am local time, sending thick black smoke and flames billowing from the roof fire officials said.
By 12:30 pm the fire had been brought under control, with flames and smoke largely extinguished, Clark County fire chief Steven Smith told reporters. The cause of the fire was not known.
"At this time there are no reports of injuries to guests, or workers or firefighters," Mr Smith said, discounting local media reports of people being trapped inside the building.
"That is incorrect ... we will do a thorough look through the building to make sure everyone is accounted for."
Earlier, flames could be seen spreading across the facade of two wings of the hotel as firefighters on the roof attempted to tackle the blaze. Mr Smith said the fire was largely on the exterior and had not penetrated hotel rooms.
"It was an exterior fire. There might have been a couple of rooms affected but it was mainly on the outside of the building."
Plumes of smoke could be seen for miles around, witnesses said.
The Monte Carlo, which sits on a sprawling 44-acre site, cost an estimated $US344 million to build and opened in 1996.
A fire at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in November 1980 left 87 people dead, and nearly 800 injured, the worst disaster in Nevada history.

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[Cyrus992]

I hope something like that never happens again!!!

[3piper]

No ,nobody died,everyone was evacuated safely

[deathrow70170]

@McDoniel that was the worst fire i heard about for a hotel and they just built a new one on top of the burnt down one

[Andre21160]

I had told security that there was smoke coming out of the window and he said okay Im on it

[PokeyWolf]

I remember that....

[McDoniel]

well there was a worse fire here in las vegas, i live in vegas, and the MGM Grand fire

[Sasquatched23]

mman thats fucking scary, considering you cant even open windows in vegas casinos.

[merock654]

every year my moms friend and her 2 sons and me go there every year when i saw this i was so darn shocked

[smitty195]

Which is now Bally's in Vegas.

[duncan36]

I always trusted in those little sprinkler doo-dads you see in your room. Guess that was misplaced.

[dawnhill1967]

WRONG! That was the MGM Grand hotel fire