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RJ investigative reporters talk about Alpine Motel fire code violations

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Three members of the Review-Journal’s investigative team, Jeff German, Rachel Crosby and Michael Scott Davidson, talk with video anchor/producer Renee Summerour about the ongoing Alpine Motel fire coverage. The downtown apartment complex was the site of the city’s deadliest residential fire on Dec. 21, 2019.

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Their reporting revealed the building where the fire left six people dead and 13 injured went more than two years without a fire inspection, despite a history of failed inspections going back more than a decade.

Fire department records obtained by the Review-Journal show inspectors for Las Vegas Fire Marshal Robert Nolan hadn’t visited the three-story building for an annual inspection since April 26, 2017.

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