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Las Vegas Strip Hotels Get New Round of Fire Inspections

March 26, 2008 at 4:30 PM | 0 Comments

An AP news report published on Monday said that Las Vegas' Clark County officials are going over permits and work done with a new fine tooth comb at five additional hotels on the famous Vegas Strip.

Bally's, Caesar's Palace, The Imperial Palace, Paris Las Vegas and Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon are getting the once, er, twice-over to make certain inspection permits were properly issued. We're certain hotel execs are betting all aces, but you never know. Vegas folk seem always to find something somewhere amiss. Well, at least on CSI.

The county inspections follow in the aftermath of the January three-alarm fire at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino (above) when nearly 5,000 guests and 1,000 employees were forced to evacuate the premises, and at least 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation.

While the hotel suffered severe damage to guest rooms on the five upper floors 27 through 32, luckily repairs were completed in quick time for the February re-opening.

According to Harrah's VP Marybel Batjer, the company is fully cooperating with local authorities. She also stated that hotel violations previously found at the company's Flamingo Las Vegas, Harrah's LV and Rio hotels already had appeared in the news. Evidently what happens in Las Vegas really stays in Las Vegas, cuz we missed those reports.

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