Monte Carlo Hotel/Casino is on fire!

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Every news station here in Vegas is covering it right now. They’re saying 5-7 stories are on fire. I can see the smoke from outside my building. No idea how it was started yet.

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So what small townspeople have to go without drinking water so they can put this fire out?

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Casino’s are required to have giant water tanks on the roofs for a situation such as this.

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Before:
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/US/01/25/vegas.fire/art.monte.carlo.gi.jpg

Now:
http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/US/01/25/vegas.fire/art.las.vegas.fire.ktnv.jpg

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/US/01/25/vegas.fire/t1home.1441.casino.fire.irpt.jpg

Mmmm. Just heard about this. Shitty, looks nice.

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That means the rooms will be cheap there in a few months! I’m booking a vacation.

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OMG lets laugh at people that die in a fire!! OMG I SAID DIAF!!!

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And if you can’t squeeze another nickel out of the joint… you know what you do? you light a match…

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do they not have adequate fire protection in the buildings themselves to require this

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terrorists :ohnoes:

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All commercial buildings are required to have a sprinkler system. Most of the systems are dry. Which means that when the firemen get there. They attach to the building and pump water up into whatever room the sprinkler activated.

Most people dont know that a fire can double in just about 3 minutes.

How do fires get this big?

  1. Fire is discovered (3-5 minutes)
  2. 911 is called (1 minutes)
  3. Dispatch (1 minute)
  4. Response time, which can vary is usually about 1 minute for a paid company like you find in a big city
  5. Travel time (3-5 minutes) To get the standard 3 pumpers and 2 ladders

So right away, before the firemen even start pumping water OR reach the room. You have 12 minutes. Enough for the fire to double 4 times, Or be 16 times the original size.

Thats how stuff like this happens.

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Looks like an angry Asian whale lost too much playing baccaraatttttttt!!

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I stayed there once, its older, I hope they have updated equipment.

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Uh oh’s… and we have our answer :slight_smile:

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222*2 = 16 = Goodbye building. :slight_smile:

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The funny part is the writers of Oceans 14 just released a statement:

FUCK!

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I get retarded on Fridays. I lose my math skills entirely :slight_smile:

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I guess it opened in 1996.
Maybe I am thinking of Bally’s, I stayed there once too.

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Great quote from a great movie.

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At least someone got it! :pimp:

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i know how systems work i design them for a living i was just didnt know the fire code of nevada, my company has done all the casinos in this area as of late and we have never put a storage tank of water on the roof for fire. I was just wondering if its the lack of potable water in that area that they need a tank for it or jsut different state codes. it really doesnt make sense for dry systems to be there unless that is all state code requires, it water that big of a factor in that area??

most systems in this area are wet systems or atleast upgraded to wet fully automatic systems