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3-Alarm Fire Burning On Top Of Monte Carlo (Fire Contained)
Fox 5 via Drudge ^ | 1/25/2008

Posted on 01/25/2008 11:30:10 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Edited on 01/25/2008 12:37:48 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Fire crews on top of the 3,000-room hotel at 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. S. are trying to contain the blaze, which broke out shortly after 11 a.m.

Four welders who were working on the roof were trapped there, but they were recently rescued.

The blaze began at the top of the hotel and has spread down into four different parts, including the roof, a top corner of the building and a couple of floors down from the roof. There are 32 floors and about 3,000 people staying at the hotel, which is owned by MGM Mirage.

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To: dfwgator

electrical, in the kitchen I think.


41 posted on 01/25/2008 11:43:26 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( A liberal is one who lies about the past, and then tries to repeat it.)
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To: technomage

I am wondering if its some sort of fire caused by a tar heater or something, I think said it was roof workers on top of the building.


42 posted on 01/25/2008 11:43:33 AM PST by aft_lizard (born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
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To: JFC

We have a big rain storm moving in this afternoon and the humidity is up, too,


43 posted on 01/25/2008 11:43:34 AM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Watch streaming video - chilling

http://lasvegasnow.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?vt1=l&d1=0&ClipId1=mms%3A//a310.l543138425.c5431.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/310/5431/v0001/reflector%3A38425&LiveURI=mms%3A//a310.l543138425.c5431.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/310/5431/v0001/reflector%3A38425&h1=Live Streaming Video&at1=News&LiveURITitle=Live%20Streaming%20Video&LaunchPageAdTag=News&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D7774764&rnd=42375426


44 posted on 01/25/2008 11:43:35 AM PST by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

I wonder if anyone in the casino is getting hot at the slots right now?


45 posted on 01/25/2008 11:43:46 AM PST by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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46 posted on 01/25/2008 11:43:49 AM PST by DoughtyOne (< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
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To: sinanju
Labor trouble?

The casinos have had a pretty good relationship with their unions.

Do you know something everyone else does not? That is a pretty strong statement to throw out.

47 posted on 01/25/2008 11:44:31 AM PST by technomage (Radical Islam gives me the urge to go to the bathroom and drop a big mohammed!)
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To: lilylangtree
Anyone have any news out there about this?

Yeah. It's angry Obama casino workers. They have lost hope. . . sigh. So they'll just have to burn things down. /s

48 posted on 01/25/2008 11:45:25 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: Petronski
Your picture seems to show the room where it started. Seems to, anyway.

I saw something that said it started on the roof, but usually at this stage it always seems like 95% of what is report is inaccurate.

49 posted on 01/25/2008 11:45:47 AM PST by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul, just like in the days of old)
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To: technomage

It looks like its just burning through the facade on the top of the building.

Except for a bit of fire on the one “ledge”, it seems contained at the top.


50 posted on 01/25/2008 11:45:58 AM PST by Portnoy (Fahrenheit 451...Today's Temperature is hotter than you think...)
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To: retrokitten

And the other 5% is mere speculation.


51 posted on 01/25/2008 11:46:34 AM PST by Petronski (I didn't leave the GOP. The GOP left me.)
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To: technomage

Islam itself, and its perputual war with America, is reason enough for some suspicion.

But I tend to think they when they hit, we’re going to know who it is.


52 posted on 01/25/2008 11:46:34 AM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (John McCain: Bush Derangement Syndrome's "Patient Zero")
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
What are the odds of this happening?

Hotel fire? They happen.

About 1 1/2 years ago there was a hotel in Reno that burned to the ground. Killed 8 people. In then downtown casino district. Found out it was deliberately set by a tenant that had an argument with another tenant.

53 posted on 01/25/2008 11:46:50 AM PST by technomage (Radical Islam gives me the urge to go to the bathroom and drop a big mohammed!)
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To: Petronski

Exactly! LOL


54 posted on 01/25/2008 11:46:55 AM PST by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul, just like in the days of old)
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To: DoughtyOne

Wow,looks bad.I just put it on.Prayers for these souls.


55 posted on 01/25/2008 11:47:16 AM PST by fatima
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56 posted on 01/25/2008 11:47:20 AM PST by DoughtyOne (< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Ya know, Hillary could have prevented this heah fire”


57 posted on 01/25/2008 11:48:12 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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58 posted on 01/25/2008 11:48:13 AM PST by DoughtyOne (< fence >< sound immigration policies >< /weasles >< /RINOs >< /Reagan wannabees that are liberal >)
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To: DoughtyOne

Looks like the extent of the fire has doubled since I started following this on Fox about 25 minutes ago.


59 posted on 01/25/2008 11:48:28 AM PST by joebuck
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To: dinoparty

It looks like the fake marble facade material is burning. Most of this fire looks like it is on the outside of the building.


60 posted on 01/25/2008 11:49:47 AM PST by MediaMole
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