Skip to main content

Bellagio on fire - iconic Las Vegas strip hotel in flames


More than 70 firefighters battled the flames after a fire broke out on the roof at 10.46pm local time. 
Videos that have emerged of the incident show fire falling from the roof. 
Clark County Fire said firefighting efforts were "extremely difficult" due to the location of the fire and access to the location.
The Deputy Chief of Clark County Fire Department, Roy Session, said: "Our guys who work this area of town knew this hotel like the back of their hands.”
He praised the firefighters for putting the fire out so quickly and said the strong winds meant it spread at pace. 
Bellagio Hotel on fire TWITTER
Firefighters have been at the Bellagio Hotel to put out the flames

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Jane the Virgin Season Finale Recap: The Wedding of Jane Gloriana Villanueva

Ivonne Coll as Alba, Gina Rodriquez as Jane, Andrea Navedo as Xo. If I could write this whole recap with emojis, there'd be several varieties of hearts, the running man, the dancing woman, and lots and lots of fires and heart-eyed faces. Those creepy dancing twin girls would also make an appearance. And there'd be a gun. My imaginary emoji recap is appealing because it's incredibly hard to come away from a blockbuster hour of television like "Chapter Forty-Four" and pull together coherent thoughts that aren't just "AHHH!" or "WHY would you get ICE for the DAMN CHAMPAGNE?!" or "OMG FACE OFF MASK!" or "Why isn't all of life just Jane and Rogelio doing that father/daughter dance forever?" But I'll give it a try. Jane the Virgin 's season finale is a narrative fireworks display, a shock-and-awe storytelling spectacular that short-circuits emotional processing centers with blazing confidence. It drops j