Approximately 3,400 registered guests and a number of hotel employees were in the hotel on the morning of the fire. The fire spread through the casino and caused heavy smoke and toxic gases to fill the twenty-six story high-rise.

On Friday, November 21, 1980, at approximately 7:00 A.M., a fire broke out in the delicatessen at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Co., Kemper Corp., American Motorist Ins. Foulds, Seattle, Wash., for American Protection Ins. Rees, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Cadillac Plastic & Chemical Co. Thompson, Inc.ĭuane Tewell, Seattle, Wash., for Simpson Timber Co. Pico, Las Vegas, Nev., for Clark County Departments and Political Subdivisions. Hornberger, Los Angeles, Cal., for Otis Elevator. Harding, Las Vegas, Nev., for Continental Mechanical Corp. Edward Fitzgerald, Richard McKnight, Los Angeles, Cal., for Cal. Rex Jemison, Corby Arnold, Las Vegas, Nev., for Martin Stern, Jr., AIA Architect d/b/a Martin J. William Maupin, Las Vegas, Nev., for Taylor Const. Morris, James Olson, Las Vegas, Nev., for MGM. Bruce Alverson, Las Vegas, Nev., Joseph Weiner, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.Īllan B. Cummings, III, New Orleans, La., Stanley M.

Mgm grand hotel and casino fire report