Fire Burns NYC Hospital; 600 Patients Moved

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Any hospital fire safety director's worst nightmare....

Fire Burns NYC Hospital; 600 Patients Moved

By MARCUS FRANKLIN

Associated Press Writer

01-22-2009

A fire at a major hospital sent smoke pouring through an emergency room Wednesday, injuring at least six firefighters and forcing 600 patients to be moved across the sprawling complex.

The fire began shortly before 6:30 p.m. in a second-floor mechanical room at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan and spread to a first-floor emergency room, Fire Department spokesman Frank Dwyer said. The fire was confined to the mechanical room and the cause was not known.

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