DRYER FIRE EVACUATES HEATH HOUSE

By Jon Mayhew

LINCOLNTON -- A fire that started in a dryer at the Heath House on Wilma Sigmon Road sent more than 25 residents of the assistant living facility out in the cold.

Around 8:09 p.m., Boger City firefighters, along with Lincolnton firefighters, Lincoln Life Saving Crew and Lincoln EMS responded to the facility.

Transportation Lincoln County was also called in to assist the residents in wheelchairs. Three people were transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

According to Lincolnton Fire Chief Mike Lee, the main damage to the Heath House was smoke.

"A commercial clothes dryer smoked up," said Lee. "It sent smoke throughout the facility."

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