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At Least 1 Injured in Raging Fire at The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas
abc ^ | EMILY SHAPIRO via

Posted on 07/25/2015 1:52:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The Clark County Fire Department said about 12:40 p.m. local time it was responding to the two-alarm fire.

Photos posted to social media showed plumes of black smoke rising from the rooftop.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: cosmopolitan; cosmopolitanhotel; fire; lasvegas; vegas
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1 posted on 07/25/2015 1:52:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 07/25/2015 1:55:29 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: BenLurkin

The odds are never in your favor in Las Vegas.


3 posted on 07/25/2015 1:57:51 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Henry Bowman where are you?)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh! No! Not the Cosmo! Is nothing sacred?


4 posted on 07/25/2015 2:04:30 PM PDT by x1stcav (Trump: He can't be bought and he won't back down.)
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I’d never heard of it.


5 posted on 07/25/2015 2:05:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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6 posted on 07/25/2015 2:09:37 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Vendome
...'n burnin'


7 posted on 07/25/2015 2:10:41 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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What on earth is so flammable on the pool deck to be belching all that black thick smoke?


8 posted on 07/25/2015 2:13:23 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Bodies slathered in baby oil.


9 posted on 07/25/2015 2:19:25 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: RegulatorCountry

Martinis and girl-drinks.


10 posted on 07/25/2015 2:20:59 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("In a very short period of time, these will be the good old days." -- unknown Freeper, 2015)
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To: RegulatorCountry

I have no idea. It looks dreadful, though.


11 posted on 07/25/2015 2:26:50 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: 17th Miss Regt

You’re sooooooooo b-a-d!

But I laughed anyway!


12 posted on 07/25/2015 2:27:40 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

Wow!

Smores!


13 posted on 07/25/2015 2:28:45 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Alcohol?


14 posted on 07/25/2015 2:29:20 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Monkey Face

Local news ping.


15 posted on 07/25/2015 2:31:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: RegulatorCountry
Cabanas with curtains, umbrellas, lounge chairs, palm trees…

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=614&tbm=isch&q=cosmopolitan+las+vegas+pool+cabanas&revid=72545457&sa=X&ved=0CB8Q1QIoAGoVChMI8LXju5v3xgIVS3A-Ch33uAlF

16 posted on 07/25/2015 2:38:18 PM PDT by MD Expat in PA
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Corbin Williams Twitter video clip of fire visible outside his room
17 posted on 07/25/2015 2:39:39 PM PDT by wtd
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18 posted on 07/25/2015 2:42:25 PM PDT by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep freedom ALIVE!)
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To: BenLurkin

One of the pictures you see six evenly spaced plumes of flame...maybe there was a device placed in 6 cabanas and it was intentionally set. Waiting to hear the cause.


19 posted on 07/25/2015 3:01:47 PM PDT by kiltie65
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I haven’t either and I lived there from 2002 to 2005.

Guess I missed something.


20 posted on 07/25/2015 4:18:23 PM PDT by x1stcav (Trump: He can't be bought and he won't back down.)
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