Mandalay Bay hotel water main bursts sending thousands of gallons of water through the ceiling

By Jessica Finn For Dailymail.com 15:50 20 Jun 2018, updated 16:31 20 Jun 2018

Thousands of gallons of water poured onto the first floor of the convention center at the Mandalay Bay on Tuesday after a pipe burst
The water rushed onto the floor causing damage to the first floor ceiling
Officials believed the water was coming from the Shark Reef Aquarium, but thankfully that was not the case and marine life was unaffected
Just eight months ago, a gunman opened fire from inside the hotel killing 58 people gathered at a country music festival

A water main broke on Tuesday creating massive flooding in the convention center at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas leaving the venue's floor completely covered in water.

The Clark County Fire Department said the flooding was reported around 4.30pm after the broken water main dumped thousands of gallons of water onto the first floor of the convention center.

About 1,000 people, who were attending a conference on fraud, had to be moved from the second floor of the center to a different area of the resort.

Some people were also moved outside onto the Vegas strip.

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First floor of the Mandalay Bay convention center is seen completely doused in thousands of gallons of water after a water main burst between the first and second floorsWater was completely covering the first floor off the escalator at the Mandalay Bay Tuesday A maintenance person surveys the damage after the water main burst caused massive floodingThe water rushing onto the floor was originally thought to have come from inside the Shark Reef Aquarium attraction (pictured)Shark Reef Aquarium

The leak was stopped and secured, before electrical power was returned to the area.

No one was injured in the incident, and fire officials said there was no structural damage to the building, however the first floor ceiling did sustain damage.

The break occurred between the first and second floor in the area of the center's loading dock.

The leak was thought to have originated at the Shark Reef Aquarium attraction after officials found water pouring from near the shark's aquarium tank, but thankfully that was not the case and the marine life was unaffected.

Brian Ahern, an MGM Resorts International spokesman told the Las Vegas Review Journal that the leak did not disrupt operations.

The Clark County Fire Department responded to the water main break in the loading dock area of the convention center The water main burst comes just eight months after a gunman killed 58 people by firing from inside the hotel onto a crowd at a concert below

Mandalay Bay Resort tweeted a statement about the incident Tuesday night: 'A water leak at Mandalay Bay has affected a portion of the South Convention Center.

'Crews are working to clean up the leak as soon as possible.'

The burst comes eight months after gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire from the Mandalay Bay hotel into a crowd below at an outdoor concert, killing 58 people.

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