Heating tool starts fire in PT office of hospital
Rehab Regs, July 7, 2006
The physical therapy offices at Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato, MN, were closed this week after an electric heating tool started a fire Tuesday morning, reported the Mankato Free Press.
The fire started when someone left the heat gun, sometimes used for massages, near a piece of paper after the office was closed, according to the local fire department.
The fire caused more than $50,000 in smoke and water damage, but no one was injured, according to the Free Press.
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