On July 14, 1980, at approximately 9:30 pm, a fire in the Extendicare Skilled Nursing Facility in Mississauga, Ontario, resulted in the deaths of 25 patients, most of them elderly. The area of origin of the accidental fire was a patient room on the top floor of the three-story, fire-resistive building. Significant factors that contributed to the fatalities in this fire were rapid fire development, the failure to extinguish the fire in its incipient stage, failure to keep the door to the room of origin closed, improper staff actions, and delayed alarm to the fire department.
1980年7月14日晚上约9:30，安大略省密西沙加市的怡康护理院发生火灾，导致25名患者死亡，其中大多数为老年人。这场意外火灾的起火点是这座三层耐火建筑顶层的一个病房。造成此次火灾中人员死亡的重要因素包括火灾迅速蔓延、未能在初期阶段扑灭火灾、未能关闭起火房间的门、工作人员行为不当以及向消防部门报警延迟。
