Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Alhambra, IL – Arson fire at nursing home extinguished by sprinkler system May 13, 2016 viking210 An Alhambra, Illinois woman was arrested for arson in connection to a fire at the Hitz Memorial Home, 201 Belle Street, that occurred Wednesday evening. Firefighters responded to a call for a fire at the location at 9 p.m. The fire was contained to two inner rooms within the nursing home and extinguished by the facility’s fire sprinkler system. The damage to the two rooms was extensive. Other rooms suffered serious smoke and water damage. One employee suffered minor smoke inhalation while clearing out patients. She was treated at the scene. Ten nursing home patients were displaced from their rooms due to the fire. The home has made accommodations for them. Around 10 p.m., the Illinois State Police received a phone call from a resident at the independent living portion of the Hitz Memorial Home, who reported she started the fire. Police say Linda J. Braun, 67, admitted that she deliberately started the fire. She told police that she was angry over staff members trying to boss her around. Braun told the investigating deputy that she started the fire in an empty room and didn’t intend to hurt anyone. The fire was started in the nursing home, separate from the independent living facility Braun lived in. Braun is currently held at the Madison County Jail. She is being held on a $250,000 bond.
