AAO exhibit hall fire quickly contained but damages more than 60 booths

LAS VEGAS ─ A fire in the Sands Expo Center here damaged part of the exhibit hall of the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting, according to the Academy.The fire was reported at 8:15 pm Thursday. No one was injured in the fire, and the cause is under investigation.The damage was confined to about 60 exhibitor booths in Hall B, which, according to the Academy’s Twitter feed, is about 10% of all exhibits.