Since it made headline news on CNN, MSNBC and DrudgeReport, I'm sure everyone has already heard that the Monte Carlo was smokin' today! There was a 3-alarm fire that broke out on the roof and top floor of the hotel, which required it to be evacuated and The Strip to be closed down to traffic from Tropicana to Spring Mtn. I was at Fry's Electronics when I got messages from two friends telling me the fire had broken out. From the parking lot of Fry's, I spied the black smoking rising but couldn't tell where it was from. A few minutes later I learned it was the Monte Carlo. Here is a photo I snapped from the freeway, just a few minutes after the fire was put out.