St. Louis -- About 1,000 people were evacuated from Harrah's St. Louis Casino and Hotel this morning after a fire started inside an exterior wall. Pattonville Fire Department Battalion Chief Robert Murray said that the casino called around 9 a.m. saying smoke was filling a stairwell. The fire broke through the building's outer wall and was quickly extinguished by a crew waiting outside, Murray said.

Mashantucket, Connecticut - A seven-alarm fire on a hotel roof forced hundreds of gamblers and guests out of Foxwoods Resort Casino on Tuesday. It was the second rooftop fire at an American hotel-casino since Friday, when a blaze damaged the top floors of the Monte Carlo on the Las Vegas Strip and sent 17 people to hospitals with minor injuries. There were no injuries reported from Tuesday's fire at the Great Cedar Hotel, one of three hotels at Foxwoods...