The Roof - The Roof - The Roof Is On FIRE!

….[the Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada] don’t need no water, let the mother — errrr, ok….you get the point, right?  Heh.

Well, at least in this case, water was used properly to put out the flames that somehow managed to engulf a portion of the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas early Friday morning.  Clark County firefighters responded to the blaze immediately once it was reported around 11 am on January 25th, 2008, and was promptly put out.  The fire did cause a lot of damage to a decent-sized portion of the roof of the Monte Carlo, but thankfully no injuries were reported.  All 3,000 of the hotel’s guests were evacuated and taken out before fire crews put out the flames.

The fire was the 2nd worst in Las Vegas history.  As many people still remember, the 1980 fire at the MGM Grand caused 87 deaths and was responsible for 800 injuries.  At the time, it was also the 2nd worst fire in U.S. history.  At least this time around, fire department officials were able to contain the blaze before any major damage was caused.  It’s unclear at the moment how much the fire will cost the Monte Carlo, especially given the fact that the flames engulfed many of the top penthouse and luxury suites that the hotel had just put in to that area of the property in 1996.

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