Overview
- State and local investigators are assessing a possible electrical failure involving a third-floor bathroom ceiling fan as the likely source.
- Fire crews evacuated 102 residents, including 22 from the third floor, with many carried to safety during a roughly 40-minute operation.
- Officials reported no injuries to residents or responders.
- Automatic sprinklers limited open flames, but heavy smoke and water damage will keep the building offline as residents are placed elsewhere.
- The incident reached third alarm, drawing mutual aid and recalled off-duty personnel from several towns, and the fire chief credited facility staff for swift evacuations.