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Monte Carlo Fire

Monte Carlo's First Look

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  • Monte Carlo's First Look
  • Face to Face: Construction shortcuts
  • Business as usual
  • Fire at the Monte Carlo
  • Monte Carlo Burns

By Trent Ogle

Wed, Feb 13, 2008 (5:35 p.m.)

The wispy column of smoke rising from the roof of the gleaming-white Monte Carlo hotel triggered an anxiety rush across Las Vegas that winter morning. As the smoke thickened, old-timers harked back to other hotel fires, including the one in 1980 that killed 87 people and injured 700 others at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.

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