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Two Fatality Board and Care Facility Fire Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center, Miami, Florida, November 11, 1995
On November 12, 1995, a late night arson fire heavily damaged the second and third floors of a Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center in Miami, Florida, and claimed the lives of two residents. Dozens of residents had to be rescued by fire fighters using ground ladders, assisted by some of the early evacuees. Many of the 98 residents who escaped required treatment for smoke inhalation; three were transported in critical condition to local hospitals. Fire department personnel conducted interior search and rescue operations to evacuate the remaining residents, as well as providing medical assistance. Fire department rescue squads and private ambulances were besieged, as the victims sought medical assistance. Investigators determined the area of origin to be a small open waiting area outside a group of offices on the second floor. Heavy smoke from the burning furnishings in that area spread throughout the second floor corridors and up to the third floor via open stairway doors. Most sleeping room doors were closed, but the latching devices had been disabled. This prevented the doors from closing completely and contributed to the spread of the smoke.
Two Fatality Board and Care Facility Fire Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center, Miami, Florida, November 11, 1995
On November 12, 1995, a late night arson fire heavily damaged the second and third floors of a Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center in Miami, Florida, and claimed the lives of two residents. Dozens of residents had to be rescued by fire fighters using ground ladders, assisted by some of the early evacuees. Many of the 98 residents who escaped required treatment for smoke inhalation; three were transported in critical condition to local hospitals. Fire department personnel conducted interior search and rescue operations to evacuate the remaining residents, as well as providing medical assistance. Fire department rescue squads and private ambulances were besieged, as the victims sought medical assistance. Investigators determined the area of origin to be a small open waiting area outside a group of offices on the second floor. Heavy smoke from the burning furnishings in that area spread throughout the second floor corridors and up to the third floor via open stairway doors. Most sleeping room doors were closed, but the latching devices had been disabled. This prevented the doors from closing completely and contributed to the spread of the smoke.
Two Fatality Board and Care Facility Fire Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center, Miami, Florida, November 11, 1995
S. F. Barry (author)
1995
36 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Social Concerns , Fires , Residential buildings , Building structure , Fatalities , Origin , Cause , Smoke detectors , Fire alarm systems , Emergency response , Evacuations , Lessons learned , Arson , Miami(Florida)