Falkville Fire and Rescue respond to HVAC fire at nursing home

Maggie Matteson
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MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – Officials say residents on one floor of a Falkville nursing home were evacuated following an HVAC fire Tuesday morning.

Fire Chief Tyler Tucker said units were sent to Falkville Health and Rehab Center (FHRC) around 2:20 a.m. on Tuesday.

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The units found moderate smoke in the central nurses’ station on the second floor. However, workers at the scene told News 19 there was no fire.

Smoke was isolated to the second-floor HVAC system.

Falkville Fire said all second-floor patients had been evacuated. The center’s administrator Ashley Hicks said that residents of the second floor were moved to the first due to smoke damage.

Falkville Health and Rehab said the second floor has been cleared for residents by the State Fire Marshall as of 3 p.m. Tuesday. The facility said all residents had returned to their rooms without incident.

Falkville Health and Rehab said no one was injured during the incident. An investigation is ongoing.

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