on Friday, November 21, 1980, a fire began in a restaurant known as The Deli. The incident led to the reformation of fire safety guidelines and codes in the state.įire Looking east as smoke rises from the propertyĪt the time of the fire, about 5,000 people were in the MGM Grand, a casino and 26-story hotel with more than 2,000 hotel rooms that had opened in 1973. history, after the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta that killed 119 people and the 1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico that killed 97. The tragedy remains the deadliest disaster in Nevada history, and the third-deadliest hotel fire in modern U.S. Fire engulfed the resort's casino, and smoke travelled into the hotel tower. The fire began from a refrigerated pastry display case in one of the restaurants, located on the first floor. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. The MGM Grand fire occurred on Friday, Novemat the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (now Horseshoe Las Vegas), located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.

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