SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – Shortly after 6:00 AM on Saturday, January 25, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched Fire District 43 (Frackville) with Englewood, Altamont and Mahanoy City Tower 456 to Broad Mountain Manor Nursing Home in Frackville for smoke in a nursing home. Shenandoah ALS and Frackville BLS were also on the assignment.
Responding crews were advised the facility called reporting a heating unit smoking in a room and they were unable to turn it off. Firefighters arrived on the scene and found a light smoke condition in the building. The situation was quickly placed under control and fans were brought in to ventilate the building. EMS and firefighters assisted residents move to other parts of the facility. All crews were clear within the hour.
