Around 200 residents were evacuated after a fire broke out in a nursing home on Gordon street in Hadera on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Israel Fire and Rescue Services reported. Two residents were lightly injured.
The nursing home is a nine-story building and provides 198 apartments for residents and staff.
After an initial look at the building, a fire inspector deduced that the fire began in the basement area and spread from there to the rest of the building.
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