fire firegeezer on 15 Aug 2008 03:47 pm
4 Alarms In Vallejo Retirement Home
AN EARLY MORNING FIRE IN VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA, ran through the upper floors of a retirement home causing the evacuation of more than 100 residents.
Some delivery men in the area first spotted the flames at 3:40 am Pacific coming from the Casa de Vallejo retirement home. The Vallejo FD and mutual aid companies had 65 FF’s, 20 engines and 5 aerials on the scene of the fire that went to four alarms. The initial companies responding were committed to removing residents, most of whom had to be carried out. The firefighters were bringing people from the upper floors down to lower levels where police officers and the same deliverymen would receive them and carry them the rest of the way out.
Altogether about 115 people were rescued from the building with only three injuries. One of the injured is in serious condition with respiratory problems. The fire is believed to have started on the 6th floor of the 7-story building, but investigators have not been able to enter it yet.
Firefighters are still searching the ruins for one resident that is still not accounted for.
AP / Berger photo
The 89-yr.-old building is one of Vallejo’s oldest and tallest. It was originally the Case de Vallejo Hotel and is a landmark in the city. But it is feared that the building will not be salvagable.
The Vallejo Times-Herald has the full STORY.
