One person has been taken to the hospital after a fire broke out on the pool deck of the Las Vegas Cosmopolitan Hotel. CNN’s Poppy Harlow speaks with a witness.
The Clark County Fire Department and Las Vegas Fire and Rescue responded about 12:15 p.m. Saturday to an exterior fire at The Bamboo pool deck at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
The fire was contained to the pool deck and involved cabanas, furniture, palm trees and miscellaneous landscaping and pool deck items. Automatic fire alarms in the hotel were activated because of the outside fire. Some smoke spread inside the building when guests opened their hotel room balcony doors to view the fire. It took firefighters at least two hours to ventilate the building and entirely clear the building of smoke. People were allowed back into the casino at 1:30 p.m.
One patient was transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation. A second person was evaluated for smoke inhalation at the scene, but was not hospitalized.
The firefighter responds included 110 firefighters in 35 fire/rescue vehicles.
Harmon Avenue was closed during firefighting operations. Las Vegas Boulevard was also closed from Flamingo Road to Tropicana Avenue. All roads were re-opened later in the afternoon.
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas on Fire (Video Credit: Rajiv Jagirdar)
VIDEO: Cosmopolitan Las Vegas marquee on fire Las Vegas (VIDEO CREDIT: John Wells).
Fire at Las Vegas Cosmopolitan hotel (Courtesy Corbin Williams/CNN).
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Fire erupts at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. Pool area torched.
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