Nursing Home Staff Commended After Residents Escape Early Morning Fire

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By Jamy Pombo Sesselman Click here for updates on this story     SOMERSET, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Firefighters battled a fire early Thursday at a nursing home in Somerset, Massachusetts. Crews were called at 3:30 a.m. to Somerset Ridge Center on Brayton Road, where arriving firefighters encountered flames in an empty community room on the second floor. All of the residents were able to get out, and no injuries were reported. Somerset Fire Depart…

Somerset nursing home staff commended for protecting residents when fire broke out

A Somerset nursing home avoided a tragedy with the help of fast-acting staff when a fire broke out in the pre-dawn hours Thursday morning, the Somerset Fire Department reported. “The staff basically sheltered in place and protected the residents today,” Fire Chief Jamison Barros told reporters at the site on WCVB on Thursday. “Had they not done a fantastic job, we could have had quite a few patients from smoke inhalation or other injuries. So I …

Staff members help prevent tragedy during Somerset assisted living facility fire

SOMERSET, Mass. (WLNE) — Staff members at a nursing facility in Somerset were lauded for their actions Thursday after a fire broke out overnight in the building. The fire started in a community room on the second floor of Somerset Ridge Center, and Fire Chief Jamison Barros said the building had 127 residents in it, including 43 in the wing on the second floor where the fire took place. No serious injuries reported. “The staff did a fantastic jo…

Nursing home staff commended after residents escape early morning fire

All of the residents were able to get out and no injuries were reported.

Firefighters battle blaze at Somerset nursing home

A fire broke out at a nursing home in Somerset, Massachusetts, early Thursday morning.

Fire chief issues update on nursing home fire, commends Somerset firefighters, Swansea, Dighton, Fall River, Somerset Ridge staff, town residents

An update has been issued concerning an early morning fire in Somerset. According to Fire Chief Jamison Barros, at just after 3:30 a.m., the Somerset Fire Department was dispatched for a fire at 455 Brayton Avenue, the Somerset Ridge Center. Barros stated that his firefighters are well-acquai