Hospital Patients Evacuated Amidst Electrical Fire
Westmoreland Hospital Relocates Hospice Patients To Other Areas
POSTED: 9:45 am EST November 22,
2008
JEANNETTE, Pa. -- Hospital patients evacuated amidst an electrical fire at Westmoreland Hospital overnight.Hospital officials released a statement indicating that the fire and a residual odor prompted the evacuation of 16 patients in the G Wing to other areas of the hospital just before 2 a.m. Saturday.According to the statement, the fire started in an electrical outlet on the second-floor inpatient hospice center. Damage was confined to a wall separating two patient rooms and was estimated at $5,000.
No one was injured and patient care was not compromised at any time, hospital officials said.
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