Neighbors to Rescue in Nursing Home Fire

Dozens of people pulled sick and elderly residents out of a burning nursing home in East Chicago. Two nursing home residents were in critical condition, two in fair condition and 13 in good condition, all suffering from smoke inhalation. About 100 others escaped injury. When firefighters arrived, they found one side of the home aflame, its hallways clogged with thick smoke and the mostly bedridden residents screaming for help. “There were about 40 or 50 people from the neighborhood who were carrying them out of the building,” Assistant Fire Chief Peter Bianchi said. “There’s no way our guys could have saved 100 people.”