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Patients to a warehouse facility where seven residents later died. nurses who helped with the evacuation told cnn the warehouse was overcrowded, hot and leaked during the storm. here is how a state health department official described the situation on tuesday. >> lets be clear. there is no emergency preparedness plan a that allows for residents to be kept in such an unsanitary and unhealthy condition. the lack of adequate care for these residents is inhumane and goes against the rules, regulatio...

♪ louisiana health officials revoking the licenses of seven nursing homes all of them owned by one person after seven residents died following hurricane ida evacuations to a warehouse facility with deteriorating conditions. 911 calls depict a very chaotic scene. martin savidge is live for us in new orleans with more. this was such a huge tragedy for these folks, martin, and now were getting more insight into it. >> reporter: yeah, we are. good morning to you, brianna. this is one of the nurs...

>> i think over 50 calls to 911, the relatives of those people were cries for help and to pack that many people into one warehouse is just unthinkable. and how could this happen after weve gone through katrina and had those doges in the nursing homes then and set things in place so this would never happen again. it is just unthinkable. it is embarrassing. >> reporter: seven people died. more than 800 people were transported to that warehouse facility. and a spokesperson with the louisiana depart...

Seniors likely lived in individual units alone, and this is also not to be confused with that warehouse facility about 75 miles north of new orleans. there, a department spokesperson with the louisiana department of health, said there were reports at that warehouse facility, people were left on mattresses on the floor. they didnt have food, water, and the building smelled like feces. the lieutenant governor said something must change. listen in. >> were learning about the incredible number, i th...

Were talking to fema to see if the trailers are available. but we have a whole lot of assets, our state and federal delegation have been great partners along with the governors office here. the president was right here to meet with me and neighboring parish presidents, and he committed every resource he can from fema. >> obviously -- i hear you hoe resilient your folks are, but its so taxing a everybody, on everybody physically and emotionally. i also want to ask about what happened at that ware...

That. you should be held accountable. >> reporter: we reached out several times to bob dean, the owner of the nursing homes and this warehouse facility for comment and any explanation for what happened here. he didnt respond to us, but he told wvue, quote, we did really good with taking care of people. brian todd, cnn, independence, louisiana. >> so in response to the deaths the louisiana state health officer has ordered the immediate closure of all seven of those nursing homes that evacuated to...

Dean owns all seven of the nursing homes, plus the warehouse. dean has a history of poor disaster management. a local investigation from nola.com found he made a similar plan to evacuate residents to a warehouse during hurricane george in 1998. >> i would hope that he -- his license for nursing homes is revoked. it would be the outcome that he doesnt get to do this again. >> reporter: the governor committed to a full investigation. a promise relatives will not let them forget. >> why didnt you c...

Assessment. >> reporter: cnn obtained property records showing bob dean owns all seven of the nursing homes, plus the warehouse. dean has a history of poor disaster management. he made a similar plan to evacuate residents to a warehouse during hurricane george in 1998. >> i would hope that his license for nursing homes is revoked. it would be the outcome that he doesnt get to do this again. >> reporter: the governor committed to a full investigation, a promise relatives will not let them forget....

On? contact one person. people shouldnt be treated like that. you should be held accountable. >> we reached out several times to bob dean, the owner of the nursing homes and this warehouse facility for comment and any explanation for what happened here. he didnt respond to us, but he did tell cnn affiliate wvue, quote, we did really good with taking care of people. brian todd, cnn, independence, louisiana. that i should get used to people staring. so i did. its okay, you can stare. when youre a ...

>> reporter: the governor committed to a full investigation. a promise relatives will not let them forget. >> why didnt you contact anybody for help? let somebody know what was going on. contact one person. people shouldnt be treated like that. you should be held accountable. >> reporter: we reached out several times to bob dean, the owner of the nursing homes and this warehouse facility, for comment and any explanation for what happened here. he didnt respond to us, but he did tell cnn affiliat...