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Unlabelled Re: [FunBBGroup] 5 dead, 120 evacuated from Florida nursing home due to intense heat, loss of power

Re: [FunBBGroup] 5 dead, 120 evacuated from Florida nursing home due to intense heat, loss of power

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Didn't read this beyond your comments, CG, but the sheriff for the county Hollywood is in said they are doing criminal investigation to cover all bases.   If they don't, and autopsy shows it was something other than heat, key evidence could be lost.   Better safe than sorry. 

It's sad.   What I agree with is it's strange that the hospital directly across the street has power, but the nursing home was relying on generators. 

Carrie Courter



On September 13, 2017, at 10:03 AM, "C G ceegee2006@yahoo.com [FunBBGroup]" <FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
  The heat is something that will be the cause of deaths if they cant get cooled down. What I don't understand is why they are doing a criminal investigation? Its hot they died. Or is that just standard procedure?    I hope they can start doing wellness checks on everyone

Hurricane Irma

5 dead, 120 evacuated from Florida nursing home due to intense heat, loss of power

By Travis Fedschun

Hurricane Irma

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1 dead, 3 being treated @ hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning from generator inside house in . Pls keep generators outside.

By Travis Fedschun

More than 100 people were evacuated from a Florida nursing home Wednesday after five people were reported dead at the Hollywood facility, whose residents were suffering from intense heat caused by a lack of electricity after deadly Hurricane Irma swept through.
Irma may have moved on from Florida, but lingering dangers caused by the storm, including carbon monoxide poisoning and heat-related incidents caused by a lack of air conditioning, remain in the Sunshine State, as millions wait for power to be restored.
Hollywood Fire Rescue and police told WSVN on Wednesday a total of 120 people were evacuated at The Rehabilitation Center in Hollywood Hills due to intense heat and no power.

"We are conducting a criminal investigation inside that we believe at this time may be related to loss of power and the storm, but we are conducting criminal investigation and not ruling anything out," Hollywood Police Chief Tomas Sanchez said, adding that it was a "sad event." 
Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief confirmed three people were pronounced dead at the facility and two others died at the hospital. 
Un socorrista de Arizona llama a las puertas para verificar el estado de las viviendas y sus habitantes tras el paso del huracán Irma, en Goodland, Florida, 12 de septiembre de 2017. (AP Foto/David Goldman)Expand / Collapse
A member of the Arizona Task Force 1 search and rescue team knocks on doors while checking on homes and their owners after Hurricane Irma in Goodland, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017.  (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Sanchez added officers have been assigned to check 42 assisted living facilities and nursing homes in Hollywood to "make sure they are in sufficient care of the elderly." 
Temperatures in Hollywood were expected to be around 86 degrees on Wednesday -- but feel about 10 degrees warmer.
Meanwhile, in Central Florida, three people were found dead inside an Orlando home Tuesday from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said.
Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jeff Williams told The Associated Press a deputy responded to the the home following a 911 call from what sounded like a juvenile. The deputy was overcome by fumes while approaching the home and called for fire rescue. 
Firefighters discovered two people dead inside the house, FOX35 Orlando reported. Another person, who tried to get out of the home, was found dead on the front lawn, while four others from inside the home were taken to a nearby hospital. Rescue workers found a portable gasoline generator running inside the home. 
Further north in Daytona Beach, police said one person died and three others were being treated at a hospital Wednesday for carbon monoxide poisoning from an electric generator.
The Daytona Beach Fire Department said on Twitter a generator had been running inside the home. DaytonaBeachFireDept
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@DaytonaBeachFD
1 dead, 3 being treated @ hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning from generator inside house in . Pls keep generators outside.

A neighbor told FOX35 Orlando generators were not allowed in the community, and officials across Florida are warning people to keep generators outside homes.
Carbon monoxide from a generator is also suspected in the death of a man in Miami, while authorities say another dozen people were treated for carbon monoxide-related illnesses on Tuesday in Polk and Brevard counties.
One Miami-area apartment building was evacuated Tuesday after authorities determined a lack of power made it unsafe for elderly tenants, while officers arrived at another retirement community to help people stranded on upper floors who didn't have access to working elevators.
Elsewhere, a South Florida townhouse that weathered the storm was gutted by fire when power was restored, which caused the stove to ignite items left on the cooktop.
The number of deaths blamed on Irma in Florida climbed to 13 with the carbon monoxide deaths, in addition to four in South Carolina and two in Georgia. At least 37 people were killed in the Caribbean.
"We've got a lot of work to do, but everybody's going to come together," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. "We're going to get this state rebuilt."
The number of people without electricity in the steamy late-summer heat dropped to 9.5 million — just under half of Florida's population. Utility officials warned it could take 10 days or more for power to be fully restored. About 110,000 people remained in shelters across the state.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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