Residents evacuated as fire engulfs New York nursing home
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Reading Time: < 1minuteFirefighters extinguish a fire that broke out at Evergreen Nursing Home in Spring Valley, New York, U.S., March 23, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Benny Polatseck/via REUTERS
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Residents had to be evacuated from a senior care home in a suburb of New York City in the early hours of Tuesday (March 23) after a fire swept through the building, police said.
NBC New York said the flames were so fierce that they brought down the second floor of the Evergreen Court Home for Adults in Rockland County.
New York State Police public information officer Steven Nevel said several agencies were at the scene trying to extinguish the flames. He said a firefighter was taken to hospital, without specifying why.
Firefighters work at a site of a fire that broke out at Evergreen Nursing Home in Spring Valley, New York, U.S., March 23, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Benny Polatseck/via REUTERS
Nevel gave no further details about how many people were living in the home or the number evacuated.
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