ATLANTA — Patients had to evacuate Emory University Hospital Midtown on Tuesday after a fire broke out in an elevator.
Atlanta Fire Rescue said at around 7 pm last night firefighters temporarily evacuated the building, including 20 critical patients.
Firefighters forced open the elevator’s control panel and used a dry chemical to extinguish the fire.
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They say electrical wires sparked the fire.
No one was injured.
After firefighters ventilated the building to remove the smoke, patients were cleared to return.
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