Local radio legend Lark Williams was working as a keno runner at the MGM Grand Hotel on Nov. 21, 1980, when she witnessed one of the deadliest hotel fires in U.S. history.
I sat down with her as she remembered that historic day:
MGM Grand fire survivor recalls devastating 1980 blaze that changed Las Vegas forever
Williams, now a DJ at 97.1 The Point, was 21 years old and working in the deli area when she first noticed increased security activity. When she called the main pit to inquire, staff downplayed the situation.
“It may be a trash can fire or something, but security is on it. You don’t worry yourself about that,” Williams recalled being told. “So that was kind of interesting when not long after that it escalated into something, as we all know.”…