The Alpine Motel the night of the deadly fire in December 2019. | Facebook/Las Vegas Fire & Rescue
The Alpine Motel the night of the deadly fire in December 2019. | Facebook/Las Vegas Fire & Rescue
Attorneys representing the Alpine Motel filed a lawsuit against the city of Las Vegas and others claiming negligence in connection with a December 2019 fire that killed six people.
The attorneys filed the lawsuit Tuesday, Nov. 30, stating that the Alpine Motel says that others were responsible for the conditions that led to a deadly December 2019 fire that killed six people, KSNV reported. The blaze is now at the of center civil and criminal cases following complaints by motel residents of building conditions.
The building's owner, Adolfo Orozco-Garcia, now faces several criminal charges as a result of the fire.
"'The deadly December 21, 2019 fire at the Alpine Motel Apartments in downtown Las Vegas was a horrific accident,'" Vegas Legal Magazine tweeted Nov. 21, quoting Mark Fierro from an article he authored in their publication.
Those listed as responsible for the fire in the 22-page lawsuit include EDS Electronics Inc., the company tasked with monitoring the Alpine's fire alarm system; The City of Las Vegas; an on-site live-in Alpine Motel employee; and the resident living in the unit where the fire started.
"This lawsuit is directed at those who are more directly responsible due to their own contractual breaches," the document said, according to KSNV.
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