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Article: Fire guts Moulin Rouge — historic Vegas casino

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May 30, 2003
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LAS VEGAS -- A historic casino that was once the only integrated gambling spot in Las Vegas and played host to the likes of Sammy Davis Jr. and Nat "King" Cole was destroyed by fire Thursday.

Three people were injured and about 100 others were evacuated from apartments in what were once the Moulin Rouge casino's hotel rooms. The apartments were separate from the casino and didn't burn. The injured, two residents and a firefighter, were treated at a hospital and released.

The Moulin Rouge, about a mile northwest of the downtown casino district, opened in 1955 as the only integrated casino in Nevada. Frank Sinatra, Cole and Davis were among headliners who appeared in the Club Rouge showroom.

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