A fire at an aged care facility in North Adelaide has left one person in hospital, with authorities praising the rapid response of emergency crews who contained the blaze.
The Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) was called to the Helping Hand facility on Buxton Street at approximately 12:30pm on Saturday, with 34 firefighters across 12 appliances attending the scene.
MFS officer Nicolle Bradley said crews located the fire on the ground floor and acted quickly to bring it under control, preventing it from spreading further into the building.
"Quick action from emergency crews located a fire on the ground floor," she said. "We've got some smoke damage occurring to some of the adjacent levels."
MFS Commander Phil Ross confirmed that multiple people called Triple Zero (000) to report the fire.
A number of residents were evacuated from the building during the incident. One person — a male resident who self-evacuated from his unit — was transported to hospital with a head laceration.
"The person who was in the unit self-evacuated," Commander Ross said. "He has been transported to hospital."
Ross noted that the fire occurred in the independent living section of the facility, where residents have their own 240V smoke alarms. He said these are local alarms only and are not monitored by the MFS.
The damage bill is estimated at approximately $200,000, with smoke damage affecting some adjacent levels.
Investigators are now looking into the cause of the fire.