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1 injured during fire at a Bluffs casino

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November 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

People on at least six floors of the Harrah’s Council Bluffs hotel/casino were evacuated early this (Wednesday) morning, when a fire erupted in the kitchen on the 12th-floor of the restaurant. The Omaha World-Herald reports thick smoked filled at least two floors of the casino on the western edge of the city, and a light haze drifted through other floors. Authorities said a 24-year-old security guard at the hotel was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.

Thirty-one rooms on the 10th and 11th floors of the hotel and casino were occupied. The fire in the restaurant, Harrah’s 360 Steakhouse, was reported about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.