Amazingly, given that this was a very intense fire and a large fire and that you're talking about senior citizens, everyone self-evacuated except for one woman the police escorted out. |
Four of them went to the hyperbaric chamber at Shock Trauma, they were experiencing more severe symptoms and had been for several days, severe flu-like symptoms. There were another four taken to St. Agnes Hospital for observation, they were experiencing more minor symptoms. |
The roof is completely gone and there are some floors that are collapsing. |
They do believe that the fire began in an upper story, but it's too early for us to have a cause it's still under investigation. |
We're seeing a lot of these. |
When conditions are dry like this, we are urging people to use extreme caution. Cigarettes are the prime culprits, but any spark can ignite a fire. |
When our crews arrived, they found patients with symptoms that were consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning. |