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Fire at North Adelaide aged care facility hospitalizes one

A ground floor blaze at Helping Hand forced evacuations; firefighters contained the damage to one room.

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What to know

  • A fire at Helping Hand aged care facility in North Adelaide on September 20 sent one person to hospital and forced multiple evacuations.
  • 34 firefighters from 12 appliances contained the blaze to a single ground floor room within the independent living section.
  • The facility's local smoke alarms are not monitored by emergency services, leaving only local notification capability.

MFS commander Phil Ross Emergency response officialMFS's Nicolle Bradley Metropolitan Fire Service spokespersonHelping Hand aged care facility Facility affected

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Sep 21Sep 22yesterdaynow · 2:08 AM ET
  1. background

    34 firefighters respond; one person hospitalized — Firefighters from 12 appliances responded to the fire and quickly extinguished it. One person was taken to hospital; multiple residents were evacuated from the building. The independent living section of the facility had local 240V smoke alarms not monitored by the Metropolitan Fire Service.

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    “We've got some smoke damage occurring to some of the adjacent levels… it's only a local alarm which is not monitored by the MFS.”
    — MFS commander Phil Ross, Emergency response official · source

    1. 2 outlets first by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 4d ago · also ABC Australia · read ↗