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Fire Displaces ICU Patients, Newborns At Crozer-Chester Medical Center (DEVELOPING) Fire Displaces ICU Patients, Newborns At Crozer-Chester Medical Center (DEVELOPING)
Fire Displaces ICU Patients, Newborns At Crozer-Chester Medical Center (Developing) A fire broke out in the electrical room of the loading dock at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland on Thursday night, Dec. 26, prompting a massive emergency response and the evacuation of multiple hospital units, according to authorities. Emergency crews were dispatched shortly after 8:40 p.m. when smoke was detected in the loading dock along Upland Avenue. By 9:10 p.m., the fire was confirmed to have spread to a room that controlled the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU), fire officials said over radio traffic. All 24 ICU patients were evacuated, with ambulances across the county mobi…

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by Jillian Pikora