Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential San Diego, CA – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in controlling fire at senior living facility February 24, 2015 viking210 A two-alarm fire inside a four-story senior living facility in the East Village Friday left about 25 residents displaced. The fire at the 200-unit Potiker Family Senior Residence at 525 14th St. was reported shortly before 8:30 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find smoke pouring from the window of a fourth-floor unit, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Lee Swanson said. Its resident was rescued and taken to UC San Diego Medical Center to be treated for smoke inhalation. Swanson said the building’s fourth-floor sprinkler system was triggered. Firefighters helped around 20 people evacuate and rescued several others who were wheelchair-bound or otherwise unable to get out on their own, Swanson said. Up to 150 residents got out of the 12-year-old building safely on their own, and some were allowed to stay inside their homes, according to Paul Downey, CEO for building owner Serving Seniors, a nonprofit organization. Downey said that after the building is deemed safe and reopened, staffers would assess the damage and determine an exact number of residents who will need temporary housing. Swanson said the cause of the fire was accidental and that smoking materials ignited combustibles.
