Residents at a South Side nursing home are safe and uninjured thanks to the quick actions of the staff in helping them escape, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.
The fire happened just before 5:20 p.m. Wednesday at a nursing home in the 3000 block of Roosevelt Avenue near Padre Drive.
When fire crews arrived, they saw smoke coming out of the front of the building. Fire officials said a mattress caught fire, but a staff member was able to put it out with a fire extinguisher.There was one staff member who suffered smoke inhalation during the evacuation process and was taken to an area hospital for treatment, SAFD said.
“Hats off to the staff here. They did an amazing job evacuating everybody,” an SAFD battalion chief said.“All in all, a pretty decent outcome,” an SAFD battalion chief said.The cause of the fire is still under investigation. We’ll bring more updates to this story as they become available.
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