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Hartford Fire 'Suspicious'
Aired February 26, 2003 - 14:06 ET
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Next, a deadly nursing home fire in Hartford, Connecticut. Ten people dead, 23 injured. Hartford's mayor calls the fire suspicious, and the police chief says a nursing home resident is being questioned about it.
CNN's Jason Carroll is live from the Connecticut capital -- Jason.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And Anderson, police are conducting what they are calling a criminal investigation into exactly what happened here at the Greenwood Health Care Center. Ten people dead, nine of them have been identified. Twenty-three people taken to area hospitals. Ten of those people in critical condition, suffering mostly from smoke inhalation.
Fire broke out a little after 2:30 this morning, confined to the southeastern section of the facility, 148 patients were inside. The evacuation very difficult because of mobility issues for some of the patients. As soon as families started hearing about exactly what happened, they rushed immediately to the center.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just got the news that he was in a fire. We just hope that he is OK.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... great son. He was in -- been in a coma for the past three years. He loved life.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARROLL: The man that you just heard from was talking about his 17-year-old son, who was in a coma, who apparently did not survive the fire.
Police at this point are questioning someone who they are identifying only as being a resident of this particular facility. She is only being identified as a female resident of the facility.
Investigators at this point have obtained a search warrant. They will be seizing particular evidence that they say that will be crucial to their investigation, trying to determine whether or not this fire was intentional, or some sort of an accident. But, Anderson, one point here that is clear after talking to lawmakers, laws will definitely be changed after what happened here, simply because there were no sprinkler systems here at this particular facility. Sprinklers were not required. If they had been here, it would have made a difference -- Anderson.
COOPER: No doubt. Jason Carroll, live from Hartford, Connecticut. Thanks very much. Appreciate it.
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Aired February 26, 2003 - 14:06 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Next, a deadly nursing home fire in Hartford, Connecticut. Ten people dead, 23 injured. Hartford's mayor calls the fire suspicious, and the police chief says a nursing home resident is being questioned about it.
CNN's Jason Carroll is live from the Connecticut capital -- Jason.
JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And Anderson, police are conducting what they are calling a criminal investigation into exactly what happened here at the Greenwood Health Care Center. Ten people dead, nine of them have been identified. Twenty-three people taken to area hospitals. Ten of those people in critical condition, suffering mostly from smoke inhalation.
Fire broke out a little after 2:30 this morning, confined to the southeastern section of the facility, 148 patients were inside. The evacuation very difficult because of mobility issues for some of the patients. As soon as families started hearing about exactly what happened, they rushed immediately to the center.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just got the news that he was in a fire. We just hope that he is OK.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... great son. He was in -- been in a coma for the past three years. He loved life.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
CARROLL: The man that you just heard from was talking about his 17-year-old son, who was in a coma, who apparently did not survive the fire.
Police at this point are questioning someone who they are identifying only as being a resident of this particular facility. She is only being identified as a female resident of the facility.
Investigators at this point have obtained a search warrant. They will be seizing particular evidence that they say that will be crucial to their investigation, trying to determine whether or not this fire was intentional, or some sort of an accident. But, Anderson, one point here that is clear after talking to lawmakers, laws will definitely be changed after what happened here, simply because there were no sprinkler systems here at this particular facility. Sprinklers were not required. If they had been here, it would have made a difference -- Anderson.
COOPER: No doubt. Jason Carroll, live from Hartford, Connecticut. Thanks very much. Appreciate it.
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