Six Injured, Two Critically, in Bnei Brak Nursing Home Fire
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS by baba
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- Six residents hospitalized after a nursing home fire in Bnei Brak.
- Two residents are in serious condition, three moderate, one mild.
- Approximately forty residents were evacuated from the building.
- Firefighters rescued trapped residents and extinguished the blaze.
- An investigation into the fire's cause has been initiated.
- A confrontation between rescue teams occurred at the scene.
A fire broke out overnight Thursday at the "Meshenot Vatikim" nursing home on Amram Gaon Street in Bnei Brak, central Israel. Firefighting and rescue teams from Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan stations responded to the scene to extract trapped residents.
According to the Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson, the blaze started in an apartment on the first floor of the eight-story building. Approximately forty residents were evacuated from the structure. Six residents were rescued and transported to the hospital. Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire's source and conducted thorough searches to ensure no one remained trapped.
During the searches, several residents were found trapped in the burning apartment. The six evacuated residents were taken to Sheba Hospital: two in serious condition, three in moderate condition, and one in mild condition. About twenty additional residents were examined and treated at the scene by medical personnel, with their conditions described as mild.
A fire investigator has been summoned to determine the cause of the blaze. In a separate development at the scene, an unusual confrontation occurred between rescue forces, with Border Police officers separating the teams.
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