At 7:07 am in the morning of Nov 21, 1980 85 people died from smoke inhalation at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, which is now Bally's and also said to be haunted by those that died in the fire. The fire started in a restaurant called The Deli, one of five restaurants located in the hotel and which had no sprinklers. A crew supervisor, who had been going towards The Deli to check if any tiles needed to be replaced, spotted smoke and a flicking light. The lights went out not to long after that and he ran to notify hotel security and a call was placed to the fire department. The fire, which was fed by wallpaper, pvc pipe, plastic mirrors and glue spread to the lobby and then the casino at a rate of 15-19 feet per second. it took six minutes for the building to be totally engulfed in flames, a massive fireball blew out the main entrance and 18 people died in the casino, which had no sprinkler system, toxic fumes raced up the elevator shafts and filled the hallways and guest rooms, 61 people died in the upper area of the hotel, many died in their sleep, unaware there was a fire. The cause of the fire was due to a faulty electrical socket and the spread of the fumes caused by faulty smoke dampers in the ventilation system allowed the toxic fumes to move through the air conditioning ducts and into guest rooms. Thanks to this fire, that is why now we have sprinklers in hotels, smoke alarms in the guest rooms and elevators as well as hotel fire escape routes on the back of the guest room doors. Many lawsuits were filed against the MGM Grand https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...0/913/1432898/ Here is the casefile. When it was all said and done, MGM had to pay out 76 million dollars of a 140 million dollar settlement to victims and family members of those that died.
Fire investigation report http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/fire/Do...Report1980.pdf
Casino after fire.
I'll post a list of the victims names, and where they were found in the next post it's too long to put here in this post.