Update: Hospital returns to normal after evacuation
09 November. Updated: 09 November 12:19
WORCESTERSHIRE Royal Hospital is returning to normal after a partial evacuation took place earlier this morning.
Some people were evacuated from the hospital after an automatic fire alarm was activated at 9.20am, following reports of a smell of burning in the building.
Four fire engines were called to the hospital along with the Aerial Ladder Platform from Hereford, which was also used as a viewing platform as the roof and upper levels of the hospital building were checked.
Station Commander Grant Wills from H&WFRS said: “Following a systematic search of each floor of the hospital, we can confirm the smell of burning was due to external fumes which had entered the air handling unit and had circulated throughout the building.”
Those evacuated have now returned to the hospital and roads in the area are being re-opened.
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