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Four treated after nursing home fire


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/16/08

A fire in a nursing home near East Point sent four elderly people to hospitals for treatment of smoke inhalation Wednesday afternoon.

Another five or six were being evaluated at the scene, officials said.

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The fire started in a room on the 7th floor of the nine-story Lakewood Christian Manor on Springdale Road, emergency officials said.

It was reported about 2:50 p.m.

Firefighters contained the fire but evacuated the 7th and 8th floors and knocked out some windows.

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