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Nov 19, 2020 · More than 200 firefighters responded to the catastrophic MGM Grand fire in 1980, the worst blaze in Las Vegas history. It killed 87 people and injured hundreds more, changing so much about the vall...
- Killer Says Deadly Hilton Blaze in 1981 ‘Wasn’T Meant to Hurt Anybody
Seven people died from smoke inhalation, three of them in...
- Killer Says Deadly Hilton Blaze in 1981 ‘Wasn’T Meant to Hurt Anybody
The MGM Grand fire occurred on Friday, November 21, 1980, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (later Bally’s, now Horseshoe Las Vegas, and unrelated to the current MGM Grand Las Vegas), located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. [ 1 ] The fire began from a refrigerated pastry ...
Nov 21, 2012 · Special to the Las Vegas Sun People look out their broken hotel room windows while they wait for help during the MGM Grand Nov. 21, 1980, fire. ... where 85 people died and some 700 were injured ...
- Dramatic Rescues, Staggering Death Toll
- Protection System Problems
- Human Factors and Failures
- The Tipping Point Fire
- Years of Important Work
- Resources
On the morning of Nov. 21, 1980, a fast-moving fire hit the Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. While more than 200 firefighters fought the blaze and made rescues, helicopters made daring pickoff rescues of hotel guests and staff from the rooftop and balconies. Military helicopters in the area for a Red Flag Exercise at Nellis Air Force Base proved...
For the 85 (two more died later) lives lost, their fate had been sealed by an inadequate building code, lax enforcement, political pressure on code enforcers, and building owners wanting to cut costs on construction. The MGM owners had been advised to install a sprinkler system during construction, which they did not, citing the expense. The hotel ...
The human factors contributing to the fatal fire were an attitude of indifference by hotel management and political interference in code enforcement. Hotel management’s indifference was expressed by their neglect of maintenance for emergency systems and ignorance for adopting new safety technology. Political pressure on code enforcers resulted in i...
On Feb. 10, 1981, tragedy struck again when eight guests were killed in a fast-spreading fire at the Las Vegas Hilton’s East Tower. It was this fire that finally shook up the slow-acting politicians at the state capital. Fifteen hours after the blaze, Senate Bill 214 was introduced, requiring all hotels to install sprinklers in all guest rooms and ...
In July 1981, the MGM Grand reopened after $50 million worth of reconstruction work was complete. Dean Martin was the featured entertainer for the reopening. Using his reassuring delivery, Martin told the audience, “This is the safest place in the world, I ordered smoked salmon for breakfast in my room and the sprinklers went off.” The Las Vegas fi...
The second largest life-loss hotel fire in United States history devastated the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, On November 21, 1980. Eighty-five lives were lost as smoke filled the 26 ...
Nov 21, 2022 · LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Monday, the Las Vegas community remembers one of the worst tragedies in Las Vegas history. Forty-two years ago, fire and suffocating smoke raced through the MGM Grand Hotel ...
Nov 22, 2021 · November 22, 2021. Yesterday was the 41st anniversary of the tragic MGM Grand fire that changed Las Vegas hotels forever. We look back in honor of those who fought so heroically to save people and those they were unable to save. A lavish hotel to remember. When the original MGM Grand Hotel opened in 1973, it was the most lavish hotel on the Las ...
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