December 31- EMS and fire personnel from several Iron Range communities were dispatched to the Fitzgerald Nursing Home in Eveleth this morning. A number of residents were impacted by carbon monoxide, with five (two patients and three staff) being transported to Essentia Health-Virginia. Ambulances from Eveleth, Virginia, Hibbing and Biwabik were paged to the facility, along with firefighters from Eveleth and Fayal Township. The incident was reported around 8:20 a.m. The source of the carbon monoxide was believed to be a generator at the building.
