A nursing home addition caught on fire requiring an evacuation of the nursing home at 5:00am. Over 100 fire fighters were called to the scene to put out the fire. The facility was adding a new wing which was completely demolished in the fire.

Nursing home residents were unharmed, but all 32 of them were relocated during the episode.  The subcontractor came to the scene at the time of the fire. The cause was not mentioned. For more, read the story.

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Robert W. Carter, Jr. is a Virginia attorney whose law practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims of nursing home and assisted living neglect and abuse in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and across Virginia.