Cosmopolitan Las Vegas
There were no burn injuries, Fire Department spokeswoman Sandra Baker wrote in a release.
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Around 12:15 p.m, the 14th floor blaze started and burned through cabanas, trees and furniture surrounding the rooftop.
"It's a lot of work to get our assets and resources up there," but the department's firefighters are "very, very good at what they do," Cassell said.
More than 110 firefighters were called to the scene 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
"We did not have any fire inside," Cassell said.
About 4 p.m. that the resort had returned to full operation, except for the pool and the 14th and 15th floors.
Guests on "a few floors" of the resort were evacuated, Baker said. They are being housed at the nearby Vdara and Aria, according to an MGM spokesperson.
"So much smoke reminded us of something from a horror movie," said evacuee Michelle Masilon, whose 40th-floor suite overlooked the pool.
No fire got inside the 61-floor West End tower, smoke traveled through open windows and caused smoke detectors to go off.
After seeing "huge clouds of black smoke," Masilon and her husband, Chris Masilon, grabbed their belongings and joined hundreds of guests evacuating through a hotel stairwell.
With the elevators shut down, the couple from Huntington Beach, Calif., walked down 40 flights of stairs to reach the hotel lobby.
But they described the scene as "surprisingly calm," with guests and visitors chatting and even laughing while observing the fire outside of the hotel.
"For some people, I think it was just another crazy moment in their Vegas trip," Chris Masilon said. "Just part of the Vegas experience."
