Las Vegas - Monte Carlo fire photos from the street
Update [click thumbnail above to open photo gallery in the same window]: 9 more Associated Press images from the Monte Carlo fire, now under control.
I heard about the fire at 11:30 a.m. and drove toward the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino from the west side. The fire reportedly started at 10:50 a.m. and the cause is still under investigation. Luckily, no major injuries have been reported.
Lots of people were stopping to take photos of the fire. Video can be seen on the latimes.com website [player opens in a new window].
According to the breaking news coverage on ABC, the Monte Carlo was 97% occupied.
For more information about the Las Vegas Monte Carlo fire:
The Movable Buffet: Dispatches from Las Vegas by Richard Abowitz
Los Angeles Times breaking news
If you have any personal photos or videos of the fire, upload them in our Your Scene section.
Please share your experiences, good or bad, of staying at the Monte Carlo on our hotel listing page.
— Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel Deal Blogger
[Photos: Jen Leo]
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January 25th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Editor’s Note: Here are some recent reviews of the Monte Carlo from our readers. Have you stayed or played there recently? Weigh in with your take.
Posted by Lee on January 25, 2008
“Excellent: Our family has stayed at this hotel almost every year since they opened. If you have a car with you, it’s very close and easy to get to– no walking for miles. The only thing that they need to fix in this hotel is that they need a better way to for customers to get breakfast. As it is, all lines are very long. They did add a coffee/pastry cart but it is usually staffed by one person who is very slow and the line moves vey slowly. Otherwise, excellent hotel. Never had a bad room or service. Excellent casino. Always win in this casino.”
Posted by Brook19652 on May 5, 2007
“Stay away from this hotel: Awful hotel for any price. It was dirty, noisy without enough staff and what staff there was was decidedly unhelpful. There was even black mold in my room.”
Posted by dardar on April 5, 2007
“good for the price: this is a good basic option — a bit outdated and could really use a renovation. A little calmer than some of the other hotel casinos but well located. this is hotel is not a treat but is better than many.”
Posted by luckbealady on February 23, 2007
“Family-friendly pool area: There’s nothing like a few trips around the Easy River on an inner tube to make you forget about the money you lost at blackjack the night before. And the wave pool is great for kids. After swimming and sunning, the casino is a nice size — not cavernous, but not tiny and smoke-filled, either.”
— Andrew
January 25th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
friends don’t let friends spec Dryvit (or EIFS for the dorks in the crowd) This is what happens when styrofoam catches on fire; the tweakers who were roofing the place, having probably experienced similar toxic fumes while melting the Ralphs cooler behind their El Camino, really should have known better - “my bad!” (no disrespect to meth-addled roofers; the cheapskate who owns the damn thing is really lucky no one was killed).
May 12th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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