Vegas Casino Fire

Smoke pours out the roof of the Monte Carlo hotel and casino on Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.

Smoke rises after a fire broke out at the Monte Carlo hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. The fire, which was reported around 11 a.m., spread from the center section of the hotel across the roof.

Smoke rises after a fire broke out at the Monte Carlo hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. The fire, which was reported around 11 a.m., spread from the center section of the hotel across the roof.

Smoke rises after a fire broke out at the Monte Carlo hotel-casino, in Las Vegas , Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. The fire, which was reported around 11 a.m., spread from the center section of the hotel across the roof.

Employees of the Monte Carlo hotel-casino stand outside the hotel after a fire broke out at the hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. The fire, which was reported around 11 a.m., spread from the center section of the hotel across the roof.

Tourists watch a fire that broke out at the Monte Carlo hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.

Melissa Franco, right, of Palm Springs, Calif., who stayed at the Monte Carlo hotel and casino, carries her luggage in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, after a fire broke out at the hotel.

Tourists watch a fire at the Monte Carlo hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.

Smoke rises after a fire broke out at the Monte Carlo hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.

Monte Carlo guests stand with their luggage in the street as the Monte Carlo hotel and casino on Las Vegas Blvd. continues to burn in Las Vegas, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.