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Nearly 40 patients evacuated after fire at Georgia rehabilitation hospital
Walton Rehabilitation Hospital evacuated nearly 40 patients after an electrical fire on Oct.
10.
The hospital is in Augusta, Georgia.
The fire started inside an HVAC unit around 10 a.m., according to the Augusta Fire Department.
HVAC units help control heating and air conditioning in buildings.
Firefighters identified the electrical problem and contained damage to the unit.
The patients were removed from the affected area.
The available information does not say whether anyone was injured or what will happen next.
Walton Rehabilitation Hospital in Augusta, Georgia, evacuated nearly 40 patients after an electrical fire.
The fire began inside an HVAC unit around 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Firefighters identified electrical issues and contained the damage to the HVAC unit.
- Who
- Walton Rehabilitation Hospital evacuated nearly 40 patients.
- What
- An electrical fire prompted the evacuation. Firefighters contained damage to an HVAC unit.
- When
- Oct. 10, around 10 a.m.
- Where
- Walton Rehabilitation Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.
- Why
- The fire began inside an HVAC unit.
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An electrical fire began inside an HVAC unit at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital.
The hospital evacuated nearly 40 patients, and firefighters contained damage to the HVAC unit.
- Hospital
- Walton Rehabilitation Hospital
- Location
- Augusta, Georgia
- Patients evacuated
- Nearly 40
- Fire date
- Oct. 10
- Fire location
- Inside an HVAC unit
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