Fire in Vegas

[Rotty]

http://www.news3lv.com/content/news...osmopolitan-smoke/NSBNb2v7wki7zd1okHDq3A.cspx

looks more dramatic that it probably was, had an email a few hours ago from a forum member (before the fire) that was at that hotel


they really seem to have a lot of fires out there, only a couple of years since the one at the Monte Carlo

 

[Caged]

Monte Carlo fire was longer ago than you think.

I would imagine the drinking and the temperature make it ripe for fires. That and the large concentration of complete idiots.

 

[Rotty]

you're right 2008 time flies when you are old

on the upside most seem to be no serious injuries unlike the one at the old MGM (now Ballys) 30 odd years ago, how that ended so badly is ridiculous

 

[dowie]

Monte Carlo fire was longer ago than you think.

I would imagine the drinking and the temperature make it ripe for fires. That and the large concentration of complete idiots.

that is the main factor presumably... drunken Jersey Shore types...

 

[shauncr91]

Shouldn't the people filming those videos be like...evacuating the building?

 

[Caged]

Looks like it's just some palm trees and poolside furniture that's burning. Didn't a bomb go off in the car park at the Luxor once and they just carried on running the casino as usual?

 

[bitslice]

Shouldn't the people filming those videos be like...evacuating the building?

Nope, you take a selfie first, then you call the fire service.

Then you stand around taking selfies with the firefighters.

If you have time you upload a wobbly portrait video of the floor/sky to youtube,
"lol, fire..."

 

[Rotty]

Looks like it's just some palm trees and poolside furniture that's burning. Didn't a bomb go off in the car park at the Luxor once and they just carried on running the casino as usual?

2007 I believe

 

[Rotty]

Nope, you take a selfie first, then you call the fire service.

Then you stand around taking selfies with the firefighters.

If you have time you upload a wobbly portrait video of the floor/sky to youtube,
"lol, fire..."

that's how it works

 

[Deleted member 651465]

The fire was reported about 12:15 p.m. Both the Clark County Fire Department and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue responded to the scene, sending 110 firefighters and 35 vehicles.

O_o

 

[Rotty]

only marginally overkill

 

[Vinno]

Fire is a scary thing

 

[Rids]

O_o

All about perception - no way can they afford to let a fire even slightly take hold. Could give off the perception that the Casinos were unsafe, tourism takes a hit and the whole town suffers.

So go go massive overkill.

 

[FinglisHobbit]

only marginally overkill

I was in San Diego a couple of weeks ago and there was smoke coming from a kitchen extraction vent on a roof. Admittedly there was a lot of smoke so there must have been quite a strong fire in there.

However we counted 14 fire trucks, about 5 pickup trucks and about 50 firemen armed with chainsaws and other badass looking equipment.

Americans sure know how to do things

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Fire-Smoke-Downtown-San-Diego-Broadway-313881581.html

 

[chipperhead]

Americans sure know how to do things

Not when it comes to firefighting, I appreciate it's different building design but I'd say they are at least 10 - 15 years behind UK firefighting techniques.

 

[phonemonkey]

O_o

I suppose the problem is you don't know the extent of the fire, the likelihood of it spreading, or the number of people in the building and any buildings which the fire might spread to so you have to respond as if the worse case scenario is happening until you can establish its not.

 

[Tunney]

All of that balsa wood and fibre glass that they make their hotels out of must be a big fire hazard.

 

[dacads]

They sure know how to do things "big"

 

[MichaelAwkward]

Is it bad that the first thing I thought of was...