MUSKOGEE, Okla. -- About 30 elderly and disabled residents in Muskogee were displaced after a fire at a senior living facility on Thursday.
The fire began at about 2 p.m. at the Fair Haven Manor apartments in the 500 block of Dayton Street. Officials asked residents to avoid the area as firefighters fought the flames.
Video sent to me from man at Fair Haven Manor as apartment building caught on fire. 30 elderly/disabled residents displaced @KJRH2HD pic.twitter.com/nxpqPFHGJl
— Laurene Callander (@laurene_kjrh) November 30, 2017
Officials said a man on the bottom floor of the building fell asleep with a lit cigarette, which caught a chair and eventually more of the building on fire.
Firefighters rescued a man from a second-story balcony during the fire. Multiple people were taken to the hospital.
Twelve rooms at the facility were damaged. The American Red Cross is working to help those affected by the fire.
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