Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Hairstyling iron starts small fire at South Point

South Point

Photo courtesy South Point Casino

Construction of the South Point, originally called the South Coast, began in 2003. The casino was built, in part, to serve the fast-growing Enterprise area.

A device that would have normally crafted a hot hairstyle ignited a small fire inside a room at the South Point instead.

Officials say 45 Clark County firefighters responded Sunday afternoon to reports of smoke coming from a room on the 10th floor of the hotel south of the Las Vegas Strip.

The culprit: a plugged-in hairstyling iron that touched a nearby towel igniting it and other items on a desk. The damage: about $3,000.

Deputy Chief Jeff Buchanan says that by the time fire crews reached room 1052 the hairstyling iron was simply smoldering and a small fire was nearly extinguished. He says no one had to evacuate the hotel and no one was injured.

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