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Staff evacuated patients when a fire broke out at the Eugene Marais hospital in Tshwane on Thursday afternoon.
Patients were evacuated when a fire broke out at the Eugene Marais Hospital in Tshwane on Thursday afternoon.
Tshwane emergency services spokesperson Charles Mabaso told News24 that standby generators caught fire, affecting parts of the facility's ground floor and the casualty ward.
Emer-G-Med paramedics were at the scene.
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