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Children’s hospital evacuates after minor fire

Hospital Safety Connection, September 3, 2004

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A minor fire at Nashville's Vanderbilt Hospital on August 29 prompted a partial evacuation, WTVF reported. There were no injuries reported.

When the fire department arrived, Vanderbilt police had evacuated three floors of hospital workers. No patients were moved from the facility.

A motor on an air-conditioning unit caught fire, sending smoke through the ventilation system, the fire department said.  



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