Crime & Safety
18 Hayward Nursing Home Residents Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out In Laundry Room
Division Chief Paige Bowie of the Alameda County Fire Department said the fire started down below in the laundry room.
May 20, 2026
More than a dozen elderly residents at a nursing home in Hayward were evacuated after a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon.
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Around 2:30 p.m., the Alameda County Fire Department was called to the Driftwood Healthcare Center on Hesparian Boulevard. Eighteen out of 88 residents at the home were evacuated into the parking lot, some in beds and wheelchairs.
John, who did not give his last name, was among those evacuated.
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