The next steps for senior citizens displaced by fire in nursing home, residents describe escaping

CLINTON, Miss. (WLBT) — The work to replace home for nearly 100 elderly residents is just beginning after a fire tore through the Brookdale Senior Living Center Wednesday night, killing two people and injuring others.

The immediate priorities are clothing, shelter and medication. Residents described how fast the fire spread, leaving them no time to spare.

James and Katherine Salvant said it was an ordinary Wednesday when they heard banging on their door warning of a fire…

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