‘Devastating results’ avoided: How quick action stopped a fire at Pembroke Regional Hospital

‘Devastating results’ avoided: How quick action stopped a fire at Pembroke Regional Hospital

The fire was contained by the sprinkler system and extinguished by responding hospital personnel, the fire department said, and noted, “if not for the actions of these individuals, the results would have been devastating.”

Crisis averted at Pembroke Regional Hospital

First responders, including the Pembroke Fire Department, Renfrew County Paramedic Service and several Ontario Provincial Police officers, responded to the Pembroke Regional Hospital Sunday morning after a fire on the third floor. Emergency personnel and hospital staff evacuated patients from the floor into another area. One person suffered burn injuries. Pembroke – A Sunday morning fire on the third floor of Pembroke Regional Hospital had the p…