A nursing home in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania was evacuated Saturday morning due to a fire alarm caused by a water main break. First responders from multiple agencies, including New Jersey, assisted in evacuating all 142 patients and relocating them to various healthcare facilities in the Lehigh Valley.
Some patients from a Montgomery County, Pa., nursing home that was forced to close indefinitely Saturday morning will be temporarily sheltered in the Lehigh Valley.
Calls to a number listed for Montgomery Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center were not answered on Sunday afternoon. “Our last Mobile Ambulance Bus got back to quarters at 1:30 p.m.” said Richard Huff, spokesperson for the NJ EMS Task Force.
FIRE ALARM WATER MAIN BREAK NURSING HOME EVACUATION EMERGENCY RESPONSE LEHIGH VALLEY
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