Three floors of Luxor evacuated; fire department checks for hazardous materials

By Wesley Juhl Las Vegas Review-Journal

Three floors of the Luxor were evacuated in connection with a potential hazardous materials incident Wednesday morning.

The Clark County Fire Department was dispatched a little before noon to investigate, the department said. Guests on those floors were barred from going to their rooms for about four hours.

A staff member found a suspicious substance in a hotel room on the 28th floor after a guest had checked out, according to Las Vegas police. That floor, and the floors above and below it, were cleared out so investigators could see what the substance was.

Hotel operations were back to normal by 4 p.m. The fire department did immediately respond to calls asking what the substance was, but officials said the substance was not hazardous.

No one was injured in the incident.

Contact Wesley Juhl at wjuhl@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0391. Find him on Twitter: @WesJuhl

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