Fire At Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 Patients Moved
Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 1:00PM
Keith Erwood in Fire, Hospital, Mount Sinai, News

As reported in the New York Post, a fire occurred last night at Mount Sinai Hospital, causing the hospital to move 600 patients after smoke started to fill the Emergency Room.

Six firefighters suffered minor injuries, but no patients or hospital staffers were hurt.

The fire started at 6:30 p.m. and was under control two hours later.

Nothing about the fire appears on the hospital home site as of this posting.

 

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