Patients and staff evacuated from hospital ward after electrical fire caused by ‘mobile device’

Patients and staff evacuated from hospital ward after electrical fire caused by ‘mobile device’

Patients and staff were evacuated from a ward at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital this afternoon after an electrical fire broke out.

Fire on Castleacre Ward

Please see the statement below regarding an incident on our Castleacre ward this afternoon: Richard Parker, Chief Operating Officer at QEH, said: “At just after 1pm today  (Tuesday 28 April) an electrical fire broke out on a mobile device on Castle Arce ward at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital on a mobile device. The Fire Service attended but the blaze was extinguished before they arrived. The affected area of the hospital was fully evacuated. “I ca…