A fire tore through a nursing home in a northern New York suburb Tuesday and displaced residents as firefighters tried to put out the flames.
The fire broke out at about 1:40 a.m. at Evergreen Court in Spring Valley, about 30 miles north of the city, authorities told NBC News affiliate WNBC. Eyewitness Videos on social media it showed around 05:00
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Local officials reached by telephone confirmed that they were responding to a fire at the nursing home’s address, but declined to provide further details.
Video recorded at the scene showed serious damage to the facility.
A video shows firefighters shouting ‘mayday’ and ‘backup’ as they see the part of the building, engulfed in flames, collapse. Footage also shows that emergency medical staff from Rockland Hatzolah provided assistance to victims at the scene.
Amid the fire, some residents were subsequently evacuated by bus to an outdoor facility volunteers of the Chaverim or Rockland got them “safe and from the harmful direction”. According to the nursing home’s website, there are 200 beds.
