The Associated Press

Sat, Jan 26, 2008 (5:14 a.m.)

Authorities say a three-alarm fire has broken out on the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Flames and plumes of black smoke could be seen on what appeared to a west-facing rooftop of the resort.

Las Vegas fire spokesman Tim Szymanski says city and county firefighters were on the scene. The fire was reported just before 11 a.m.

MGM Mirage, the casino's owner, had no immediate information about the blaze.