Dozens of neighbours rushed to the scene of a massive late-night fire that injured at least 20 people at a Pennsylvania senior living community, wrapping the elderly in blankets and carrying them to ambulances in makeshift gurneys. Larry Kingsland, 62, said Friday he and scores of people who live around the Barclay Friends Senior Living Community ferried elderly residents to medics as firefighters rescued them from the blaze. A spokeswoman for the senior living centre said about 132 residents were present when the blaze broke out. Elderly residents were loaded onto school buses early Friday and taken to nearby hospitals, witnesses said. Some were disoriented and crying.”According to its website, Barclay Friends offers various levels of care including memory care, skilled nursing and post-acute rehab.

Source: National Post November 17, 2017 04:31 UTC