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Facility to pay fine after nursing home patient set herself on fire

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HICKORY, N.C. — A nursing home patient set herself on fire.

Now the facility will have to pay a $27,000 fine.

Records from the North Carolina Department of Health and Services say the incident happened at The Greens at Viewmont in April.

Documents say a woman living with cognitive impairment reportedly suffered second and third-degree burns.

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