As the article above explains, “money from all the companies went into a $223 million settlement fund that was distributed to the victims and their families within three years of the fire.” A sprinkler system would have cost less than $200,000 but the hotel appealed for a waiver.Īdditionally, victims of the fire filed 1,327 lawsuits against 118 companies. The result was 87 people lost their lives in the MGM Grand fire. As a local newspaper reported, “A visiting firefighter from Illinois breakfasting in an adjacent coffee shop also tried to help a security guard find an extinguisher to put out the electrical fire, but they couldn’t locate one.” The hotel was built without fire sprinklers (except in the cash-counting room), had manual fire alarms only, and many design defects (including in the elevators, ceiling tiles, and a ventilation system that was improperly installed–which led to deadly smoke infiltrating the entire building). ![]() ![]() Over 30 years ago, the deadliest blaze in Las Vegas history ignited at the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel.
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