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Chief praises staff after fire breaks out at Mass. nursing home
Firefighters went to the Somerset Ridge Center, a skilled nursing facility, on Brayton Avenue at 3:30 a.m. Thursday. Arriving firefighters knew the layout of the building well, as most of the facility’s residents are older or need mobility help, the town’s fire chief, Jamison T. J. Barros, wrote on Facebook.
Somerset, MA, Fire Chief Praises Nursing Home Staff after Overnight Fire
Chief Jamison Barros said fire sprinklers kept the nursing home fire contained while workers kept residents safe.
Nursing home staff commended after residents escape early morning fire in Somerset, Massachusetts
Firefighters battled a fire early Thursday at a nursing home in Somerset, Massachusetts. Crews were called at 3:30 a.m. to Somerset Ridge Center on Brayton Road, where arriving firefighters encountered flames in an empty community room on the second floor.
Fire breaks out at Somerset nursing home but staff helps prevent it from spreading
The fire at Somerset Ridge was confined to a second-floor community room, and staff helped tackle it before firefighters arrived. "One of the aides came over and started yelling f
Somerset nursing home staff commended for protecting residents when fire broke out
A Somerset nursing home avoided a tragedy with the help of fast-acting staff when a fire broke out in the pre-dawn hours Thursday morning, the Somerset Fire department reported.
Fire breaks out in Somerset nursing home; no residents hurt
No one was hurt after a fire at a Somerset nursing home on Thursday. It came almost a month after the deadly Gabriel House fire in Fall River.
Fire at Somerset nursing home, rehab center
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