Battery fire in basement of CHI Bergan Mercy closes emergency department
No one was hurt
Updated: 11:20 PM CDT May 26, 2024
WITH BREAKING NEWS. A FIRE SHUTS DOWN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT AN OMAHA HOSPITAL. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. I’M JULIE CORNELL. THE FLAMES FIRST BROKE OUT AT BERGAN MERCY OFF 72ND IN MERCY JUST BEFORE 530 TONIGHT. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MADDIE AUGUSTINE IS LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. MADDIE. ROB. JULIE. THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS STILL CLOSED HERE AFTER WHAT THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF TELLS ME WAS A BATTERY FIRE IN THE BASEMENT. SOME SMOKE DID ESCAPE INTO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WHERE SEVEN PATIENTS WERE AT AT THE TIME. THE EMERGENCY ROOM WAS EVACUATED OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, NO ONE WAS HURT. THE ASSISTANT CHIEF SAYS MORE CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE SINCE IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. WE HAD TWO FIRE ALARMS THAT RESPONDED. THE INITIAL FIRE ALARM WAS ENOUGH TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, WE WANT TO HAVE MORE, UH, CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS JUST IN CASE THERE WAS A REKINDLE. SO WE CALLED IN A SECOND ALARM. ONCE WE GET THE BATTERIES OUT OF THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING IS MITIGATED, WE PUT EVERYBODY BACK INTO SERVICE. THE FIRE IS OUT. BUT AGAIN, THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS STILL CLOSED. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDA
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Battery fire in basement of CHI Bergan Mercy closes emergency department
No one was hurt
Updated: 11:20 PM CDT May 26, 2024
Omaha firefighters responded to a battery fire in the basement of CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy on Sunday.The medical center is located at the intersection of 72nd Street and Mercy Road.The call came in just before 5:30 p.m. OFD says smoke escaped into the emergency department, which was evacuated out of caution. Seven patients were in the emergency room at the time. No one was hurt.Firefighters say the fire is out. The hospital’s emergency department is back open.
Omaha firefighters responded to a battery fire in the basement of CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center – Bergan Mercy on Sunday.
The medical center is located at the intersection of 72nd Street and Mercy Road.
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The call came in just before 5:30 p.m. OFD says smoke escaped into the emergency department, which was evacuated out of caution. Seven patients were in the emergency room at the time. No one was hurt.
Firefighters say the fire is out. The hospital’s emergency department is back open.