A fire filled one wing of a Nevada nursing home at midday Tuesday and a woman visitor died from an apparent heart attack in the excitement. Nevada firemen and police officers were called to the Medicalodge about 12:30 p.m. and firefighters say a motor on an air conditioning unit caught fire, filling the wing with smoke. The Medicalodge of Nevada staff had the residents at the front door of the facility, ready for evacuation, when firemen arrived. The firemen quickly found the problem, put out the fire and cleared the smoky wing allowing the sixty residents to return to their rooms by about 1:00 p.m. Efforts by Vernon County. Ambulance District personnel and others to save the woman visitor were unsuccessful. She had arrived to visit a family member and her name has not been released, pending the notification of relatives.
Courtesy of FM.92.1
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