Woman Burned In Fire At Staten Island's
Staten Island Advance 3/31/09
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Firefighters enter the Anna Erika Home For Adults on Henderson Avenue in New Brighton where a woman was badly burned in a fire in her room. |
A 67-year-old woman was badly burned early this morning after a fire broke out in her bedroom at a New Brighton nursing facility.
The victim -- whose
identity was not released -- suffered
second- and third-degree burns of her
arms, chest and stomach and was rushed
to the burn unit at Staten Island
University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, said
FDNY Division 8 Deputy Chief Roger
Sakowich.
The fire started in the woman's
fifth-floor room at the Anna Erika Home
for Adults, 110 Henderson Ave., at about
12:30 a.m.
It was brought under control in about 15 minutes, authorities said.
The cause of the fire is unknown and fire marshals will be investigating the incident, Sakowich added.
An Anna Erika administrator declined to comment on the incident.
--- Contributed by Doug Auer
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