- Author
- Isner, M. S.
- Title
- Fire in Michigan Hospice Kills Eight Patients.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA
- Journal
- Fire Journal, Vol. 81, No. 1, 56-63,78-79, January 1987
- Keywords
- hospital fires | death | chairs | smoke | hospices
- Abstract
- The fire protection systems in this hospice were all present, as was the evacuation planning. The nurses had fire drill training. Yet eight patients died after a small fire burned undetected in a chair. This report tells what happened and why.