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January 30, 2008

Cause of fire at Foxwoods hotel under investigation

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- A spokesman for the Foxwoods Resort Casino says the Great Cedar Hotel, where fire broke out on the roof yesterday, will remain closed for a few days.

Saverio Mancini says there has been water damage to the upper floors of the hotel, although nobody was injured in the blaze.

Mancini says guests who had been evacuated were allowed to retrieve personal belongings this morning.

Mancini says the state fire marshal and the chief of the Mashantucket tribal fire department will be inspecting the damage.

Officials evacuated the entire 312-room building. As a precaution, officials also evacuated the Great Cedar Casino, located on the ground floor of the hotel and one of Foxwoods' six casinos.

Mancini says the casino has been reopened.

Last Friday, a blaze on exterior foam-based sculpting at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas caused employees and guests in some 2,400 occupied rooms to be evacuated. A cause of that fire has not been determined.

VIDEO: Watch the smoky fire in the corner of the hotel's roof yesterday.

-- Associated Press

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