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Fire breaks out at villa on nursing home property

Editor's note: The original version of this article reported a fire "at the Villa at the Mahoning Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center" and that the "residents were evacuated." This article has been updated to clarify that that the fire was at a villa residence located on the property of the nursing home, not at the nursing home itself, and that the villa's residents, not the nursing home's residents, were evacuated.

Fire companies were on the scene Thursday night of a fully involved working fire at a villa residence, located on the property of Mahoning Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Mahoning Township.

The fire broke out just before 5 p.m.

The villa is not linked to the nursing home. It is a separate residence, located behind the nursing home.

Mahoning Fire Chief Mark Ebbert said there are no injuries.

The couple who live in the villa made it out safely with their dog, according to Ebbert.

Assisting Mahoning Township at the scene, are firefighters from Lehighton, Jim Thorpe and other departments.

A fill site for tankers has been set up at Frederick’s Grove Road and Route 443.

COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS