Hayward Nursing Home Partly Evacuated After Laundry Room Fire

"Upon arrival, crews encountered smoke and fire originating in the basement that had extended into the roof area of the building. As a precaution, 18 residents were temporarily evacuated to the front of the convalescent home while firefighters conducted an aggressive interior fire attack and checked the building for fire extension and air quality concerns."

"They were very professional about it. Got all the people out that were in the gurneys and stuff like that, that were permanently in bed and can't get up or nothing like that. They moved them out real fast."

"Firefighters in the East Bay were forced to initiate a partial evacuation of a Hayward convalescent home Tuesday afternoon after a small fire broke out. The Alameda County Fire Department was called to the Driftwood Healthcare Center on Hesparian Boulevard around 2:30 pm on a report of a fire."

"The fire reportedly originated in a basement laundry room in the facility. No injuries were reported."

Firefighters responded to a reported fire at the Driftwood Healthcare Center on Hesparian Boulevard in Hayward around 2:30 pm. Crews found smoke and fire originating in the basement that extended into the roof area. Eighteen residents were temporarily evacuated to the front of the convalescent home as a precaution while firefighters conducted an aggressive interior fire attack. Firefighters checked the building for fire extension and air quality concerns. Some residents were moved in beds or wheelchairs. The fire reportedly started in a basement laundry room. No injuries were reported.

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