As we all know, California is home to many wildfires each year, but Las Vegas has another type of fire that invades the city, hotel fires. There have been few fires in Vegas and the two that are most publicly known are the Bally's (previously the MGM Grand) fire, and the fire that occurred at the historic Moulin Rouge hotel. The MGM Grand hotel fire occurred on November 21, 1980 due to what can be considered an accident. The fire was caused by an electrical fault (the electrics that malfunctioned were used to power a refrigerator in the hotel's deli) and continued to be fueled by flammable materials as it made its way through the hotel. This fire killed 85 people and injured 650 of the guests (most of the injuries and deaths were due to an immense amount of toxic smoke intake). The hotel was later remodeled, and sold to Bally's Entertainment, who have now renamed the hotel Bally's Las Vegas. The fire that occurred at the Moulin Rouge hotel on May 29, 2003 did not take anoyones life, but left two people injured. The fire is believed to have been caused by an arsonist, who according to www.lasvegasnow.com, could face federal prosecution due to the fact that the hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (the hotel is seen as historic as it was the first integrated hotel in the 1950s when it was built). Even though the hotel fires that the people of Las Vegas have to face are different from the wildfires that the residents of California have to deal with, they both take peoples lives, and ruin places that hold many memories.
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