LAS VEGAS (AP) – The family of a woman who died in a fire in Las Vegas two years ago has filed a lawsuit against the companies that serviced the building’s fire alarm system.
Six people died in the December 2019 fire in the Alpine Motel Apartments, which, according to authorities, was the deadliest residential fire in Las Vegas history.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the family of 59-year-old Tracy Cihal filed a lawsuit in the district court on Wednesday against the owners of the Alpine and other companies responsible for safety equipment.
Cihal’s family had previously filed an unjustified death lawsuit against the owner of the building.
A trial in this case is scheduled for October.
Court documents state that when the fire broke out, the Alpine’s back door was locked, the fire alarm system was not working and the building did not have a working sprinkler system.
According to the Review Journal, the building, which was built in 1972, had been without a city fire inspection for nearly three years at the time of the fire.
After the Alpine fire, the investigators listed more than 40 violations of the fire protection regulations, including the sealed rear exit and a faulty fire alarm system.
