Blaze Checks Games in Gambling Casino
First major fire on the fabulous Las Vegas, Nev., glittering gambling strip was battled successfully on the evening of Sunday, August 14, by firemen from Clark County and Las Vegas Fire Departments.
More than 400 persons who had just been seated for the dinner show at the El Rancho Vegas—the first of the Strip hotels to be built just before World II —left their tables in an orderly fashion as a fire, which started in the hotel’s kitchen, spread to the Opera House dining room.
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