News Release from: Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue
23 RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY DRYER FIRE AT TUALATIN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
Posted: June 4th, 2012 3:22 AM
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Firefighters responded to and extinguished a fire in a dryer at Farmington Square Senior Care Community in Tualatin this morning. No one was injured, but 23 occupants of a memory care unit had to be relocated to other accommodations on the property.
Firefighters were dispatched to the facility, located at 17950 SW 115th Ave in Tualatin at 1:33 a.m. Monday after a fire was reported in a laundry room. Firefighters from nearby stations in Tualatin and King City arrived minutes later and found staff working quickly to move patients in a memory care unit to a nearby building. As more fire units arrived on scene, firefighters quickly determined that the fire was isolated to a dryer in a laundry room while other firefighters worked with staff to ensure patients were cared for and out of the smoke.
Although the fire did not cause any structural damage, the involved building was charged with a significant amount of smoke and firefighters and staff agreed that the building occupants should stay elsewhere this morning. Because Farmington Square is a large senior care facility, there is enough room to place all 23 occupants on the property.
A TVF&R investigator is working to determine the cause of the fire.
This morning's fire occurred just blocks away from a residential house fire that happened Sunday morning. There is no connection between the two fires.
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