Crime & Safety
Marian Regional Fire: Contained, Checking For Gas
A fire has broken out at Marion Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria. Firefighters are working to douse the flames.
UPDATE 1:49 p.m.
The Marian Regional Medical Center will be fully accessible once they confirm the methane leak has stopped.
Once methane is confirmed completely shut off they can wholly access the entire structure said @SMFDHQ chief Champion pic.twitter.com/KD01h3rGNJ
— Gina Kim (@gina_k210) August 5, 2017
The Santa Maria Fire Department tweeted that there were no injuries or evacuations.
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Structure fire in a utility building next to MMC. No injuries or evacuations to report. Chief Champion pic.twitter.com/v4aceVIrnW
— Santa Maria Fire (@SMFDHQ) August 5, 2017
UPDATE 1:39 p.m.
The building that caught on fire contained methane from a landfill, which they use to help power the hospital.
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It's a building on the Marian property, @SMFDHQ chief champion says it contains methane that helps power the hospital. Methane from landfill pic.twitter.com/LzIpoq7Kse
— Gina Kim (@gina_k210) August 5, 2017
Authorities are staged around Palisade Drive and Church Street and traffic in the area will be redirected.
Patch contacted the Santa Maria Police Department, but they did not have any further information.
UPDATE 1:23 p.m.
According to Twitter user Gina Kim, officials said the facility that caught on fire was for chemical storage.
Officials said it's a back part of the hospital where its storage facility that holds chemicals, possibly a generator where #fire was. pic.twitter.com/pRHwY8KGQL
— Gina Kim (@gina_k210) August 5, 2017
Original Posting:
SANTA MARIA, CA -- A fire has broken out at the Marian Regional Medical Center, according to a Twitter user.
"Smoke has clouded over the entire facility," she tweeted, with a video in the tweet of what appears to be the Marian Regional Medical Center surrounded with fire crews.
In the video, water blasts out from a hose atop a ladder, dousing the building.
#fire Smoke has clouded over the entire facility at Marian Regional in #santamaria and fighters are attacking the blaze from the rooftop pic.twitter.com/PjVBOSa325
— Gina Kim (@gina_k210) August 5, 2017
Kim first tweeted about the event at 1:01 p.m. on Saturday.
Alert! Marian Regional Medical Center building is on fire! #santamaria pic.twitter.com/Hyd8Xm8crC
— Gina Kim (@gina_k210) August 5, 2017
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