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Evacuation begins at Derry hospital due to fire

Patients were moved out of wards at Altnagelvin Hospital due to the blaze, the PSNI has said.

PATIENTS HAVE BEEN moved out of wards at the Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry, Northern Ireland.

The PSNI said that police and Northern Ireland fire service personnel are currently attending the fire at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.

The entrances to the hospital have been closed to all non-emergency personnel and evacuations of several wards have begun, it added.

There are no reports of any injuries at this time.

BBC News reports that there are 11 fire appliances and around 50 firefighters at the scene.

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Nov 23rd 2012, 10:03 PM

Oh lord . How awful for the patients and staff.
I hope every one is safely removed from the area.

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Nov 23rd 2012, 10:44 PM

Hope everybody is ok and as little disruption as possible .

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Nov 23rd 2012, 10:55 PM

Please god all safe

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Nov 24th 2012, 9:20 AM

All patients safe with the majority relocated to other wards internally but others moved to hospitals in Donegal and other parts of NI. 120 patients displaced and 7 wards affected. It’s believed there may have been an electrical fire on the roof of a tower block which then caused a water tank to burst cascading water down through the building.

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