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Mattress catches fire in hotel room at Excalibur Las Vegas

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Posted at 7:15 AM, Feb 24, 2022
and last updated 2022-02-24 10:15:30-05

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Clark County firefighters were called to a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip for an overnight fire call on Thursday.

Officials with the Clark County Fire Department say crews responded to the Excalibur hotel-casino at about 12:30 a.m. for reports of smoke coming from the 12th floor of one of the hotel towers.

Smokey conditions were reported in the hallway by arriving crews where they found a mattress on fire in room 12-244.

The flames were contained to the mattress and that specific room. Two people suffered minor injuries but declined to be taken to the hospital, according to Clark County fire.

A total of 52 fire personnel responded to the incident that remains under investigation.