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Las Vegas Hotel Burning RIGHT NOW!!!
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True but if you're watching it from CNN's website I caught them showing earlier video and still calling it live.
Not online, but the old fashioned broadcast version. They're saying the fire is mostly contained, and the smoke is minimal.
The façade is the exterior surface of the building.
There were welders on the roof...no confirmation, but that's the most common cause of roof fires during renovation/construction.
Probably just a couple of inches. Based on the speed of the fire's movement and the lack of obvious significant damage, the fire likely followed the path of least resistance and simply burned off that thin façade.
Yeah, pics please!
Ok here is one I took from the neightboring NewYorkNewYork on the top floor
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/MonteCarlofire.jpgI put it on Wikipedia
EDIT:Here is another one I took while I was on my way
Don't mean to embarrass you but a lot of MR members have Photoshop.Here's what was in the metadata from that pic.
"This video frame grab image taken from AP Television News shows a fire burning at the Monte Carlo hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Friday Jan. 25, 2008. Flames and plumes of black smoke could be seen on what appeared to a west-facing rooftop of the resort. (AP Photo/APTN)"
No actually it comes from my photo past.I personally don't appreciate someone using one of my photos and calling it theirs.I'm sure there are other pro photographers that feel the same.
This was a copyrighted framegrab from the Associated Press and I respect that.
Like it or not.
This was a copyrighted framegrab from the Associated Press and I respect that.
Like it or not.
Ouch!
That was some black smoke. Reminds me of some AC crashes that I've seen.
No one was hurt?
Oh yeah; me too, don't get me wrong. I completely understand where you're coming from.
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Is the fire out yet, then?
It looked worse than it was due to styrofoam creating all the black smoke.
Nobody was hurt except the PR guys for the Monte Carlo Casino.
Glad to see that tragedy was avoided. As for the damage, I don't think MGM will have any difficulties in paying for them.