Woman in hospital after nursing home fire AN elderly woman has been taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation after a fire in a Sydney nursing home. Emergency services were called to the Blacktown nursing home about 10.15am on Wednesday after a mattress caught fire. The resident was transferred to Blacktown Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and chest pain. She is in a stable condition. Another elderly patient was treated at the scene for minor hand burns. The fire was contained and nobody else was evacuated, authorities said.