A dozen residents were taken to the hospital and dozens more were displaced after a fire at a West Side nursing home. WNIN’s John Gibson has details:
The fire was reported in a utility room at the Parkview Care Center in the 28-hundred block of N. St. Joe Avenue at about 12:20 yesterday Wednes afternoon.
The first Vanderburgh County crews on the scene reported smoke in hallways and residents being evacuated, some of them in wheelchairs.
Medics and city buses were requested at the scene to help evacuate the residents.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire.
Officials say 12 residents were taken to hospitals with pre-existing conditions while more than 60 others were transferred to relatives’ homes or other facilities.
The Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office and Evansville Fire Department were called in to investigate the fire.
There’s no word yet on the cause.
There’s also no word on when residents can return to the center.
A Vanderburgh County battalion chief praised the quick work of firefighters and the Parkview staff.
He says it could have been much worse.
