29, 1993 – Flames lick the sky and rain embers on onlookers as a blaze breaks out in the unfinished Stratosphere Tower. The Aladdin Hotel and Casino is shown during its opening day Thursday, Aug. Six people are treated for smoke inhalation. 18, 2003 – A lit cigarette tossed down a laundry chute is blamed for a smoky fire that forces the evacuation of two upper floors at the Aladdin hotel and casino shortly before dawn. The blaze in the vacant motel adjacent to the small casino causes an estimated $200,000 in damage.Īztec Inn on Las Vegas Blvd. Hong/AP)Īug.3, 2005 – A late-night three-alarm fire rousts gamblers at the Aztec Inn. Smoke rises after a fire broke out at the Monte Carlo hotel and casino in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. Seventeen people are injured, most of them with smoke inhalation. The fire scorches the upper floors of the 32-story hotel-casino and force its closure for more than a week. 25, 2008 – Welders working on the exterior of the Monte Carlo casino-hotel accidentally ignite flammable building material known as Exterior Installation and Finish System, or EIFS. Firefighters quickly douse the flames, and no one is injured. 31, 2014 – A blaze that apparently began in a housekeeping linen cart fills part of the Excalibur with smoke. Damage is estimated at $2 million.Ī fire broke out at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ Bamboo Pool area on Saturday, July 25, 2015. One person is hospitalized for smoke inhalation, and parts of the hotel-casino are evacuated. J– A fire erupts shortly after noon at the Cosmopolitan’s Bamboo Pool, racing across the Strip hotel-casino’s 14th-floor rooftop deck thanks to easily burned items such as cabanas, artificial palm trees and decorations.

The Las Vegas Strip and environs have seen their share of hotel and casino fires over the decades.

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