Report: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Improperly Handled False Alarm Weeks Before Deadly Blaze

The state Health Department's investigation of a fatal March 2 fire at Northampton County's Gracedale nursing home revealed that a smoke detector in the unit where the fire broke out sounded a false alarm two weeks earlier and was not properly investigated.
May 29, 2003
The state Health Department's investigation of a fatal March 2 fire at Northampton County's Gracedale nursing home revealed that a smoke detector in the unit where the fire broke out sounded a false alarm two weeks earlier and was not properly investigated.
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