It was just after 7 a.m. on Nov. 21, 1980, when the Clark County Fire Department received and responded to the call of a fire in a restaurant on the casino floor of the MGM Grand Resort and Casino.
That morning, retired Clark County firefighter and paramedic Jim Perkins was just getting off his shift from Station 11 when he was called back in to assist.
WATCH | Perkins spoke to Anyssa Bohanan about that day:
‘We knew we could not save everybody’: Retired firefighter recalls tragic MGM fire 45 years later
“The fire was smoldering and burning for a very long time before it finally broke out and got the air it needed, and the dragon got set loose,” Perkins said…