An overfilled propane tank prompted an evacuation at a Tieton Drive nursing home Thursday afternoon.
Yakima firefighters were called to Willow Springs Care and Rehabilitation, 4007 Tieton Drive, around 1:35 p.m. on a report of a gas leak from a 50-gallon propane tank.
An employee of Amerigas had delivered fuel to the nursing home for its backup generator and overfilled the tank, said Michael Cleveland, Willow Springs’ administrator. Staff moved the residents of the facility to the building’s dining room while the fire department and gas company employees vented the tank, burning off the excess propane.