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Residents and staff safely evacuated after Denbighshire nursing home fire

More than 50 staff and residents were safely evacuated from a nursing home in Denbighshire last night after a fire broke out at the Hafod-y-Green Rehabilitation and Nursing Centre in Trefnant near Denbigh yesterday evening (December 16).

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called and six fire crews helped residents and staff out of the building. Ambulances were also called to the scene but no-one was injured during the fire which began just after 5.30pm on Monday evening. 

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "No one was taken to hospital but more than 30 residents were transported to a holding area at Denbigh Infirmary."

The roof space of the building was badly damaged during the fire - an investigation into its cause will now take place.

Mario Kreft, the Chair of Care Forum Wales, who lives in Denbigh, visited Trefnant yesterday to offer his support. He said: "Mercifully, nobody appears to have been injured in this fire. We are grateful to the emergency services for their efforts in tackling the blaze and arranging for the residents to be taken to safety.

"It was, nevertheless, a deeply shocking incident and we will provide all the support we can to the owners  at this difficult time.

"This is the worst nightmare for any care provider which is why we spend so much time and effort on staff training in relation and I am sure this will have been crucial in terms of the safe evacuation of the residents when the fire started."

Read more on the Trefnant Nursing Home Fire

BBC: Trefnant nursing home blaze tackled by six fire crews

North Wales Daily Post: 50 staff and residents evacuated after nursing home fire in North Wales

BBC: Hafod-y-Green care home fire inquiries get underway