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Updated: Monday, 14 Jan 2013, 2:08 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 12 Jan 2013, 12:07 PM EST

Aga Dembinska

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) - Thirteen residents had to be evacuated from a Senior Care Community Friday night because of an electrical fire.

The Main-Transit Fire Department responded to the Oxford House at the Tennyson Court Senior Care Community just after 9:30 p.m.

Firefighters found a fire in a bathroom ceiling fan that extended into the ceiling throughout part of the building and into the attic. The fire was quickly extinguished; 13 residents were evacuated from that portion of the building.

Damage is estimated at $65,000. No injuries were reported.

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