Las Vegas fire on high-rise hotel balcony prompts evacuation, 'multiple' hospitalizations
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"Multiple" people were reportedly hospitalized with unspecified minor injuries after the 51st floor of The Cosmopolitan hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was evacuated Saturday evening after a fire broke out on a balcony.
The fire didn’t spread to any other floors, the station reported. Strip hotels have suffered several fires over the years, including a 1980 fire at the old MGM Grand, now Bally's Las Vegas, that started on the ground floor and killed 87 people - mostly from smoke inhalation. It remains one of the deadliest hotel fires in U.S. history, the Review-Journal reported. The Cosmopolitan, which opened in 2010, is located next to the Bellagio Hotel and Casino.More Related News
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