Nursing Home Fire Kills 7, Injures 22
From Times Wire Reports
A smoky, late-night fire that raced through a nursing home killed seven people and left one critically injured. Twenty-one others were treated at area hospitals for smoke inhalation or other minor injuries after fire struck the Arlington Manor assisted-living facility, about 40 miles north of Seattle. The fire, which was limited to a small section of the 90-year-old, two-story frame building, was extinguished within 15 minutes. The home had no sprinkler system.
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