Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto caught fire after a building block burst into flames on Monday.
Johannesburg Emergency Management Services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said patients were quickly evacuated from the facility as they managed to contain the fire.
“It was just an administration block which caught fire in the morning,” said Mulaudzi.
“Other areas of the building were not affected, there was minor damage”
No casualties were reported as investigations continue.
An estimated 175 patients were affected by the blaze and some had to be rushed to the hospital parking lot.
Officials at the hospital say patients are being relocated elsewhere.
The Gauteng Health Department said it cannot yet reveal what caused the fire.
However, preliminary investigations indicate a faulty computer in the human resources department.
Gauteng Health’s department head, Mkhululi Lukhele says its priority now is engaging the Labour Department.
“Bheki Mlangeni Hospital is one of our busiest facilities in Gauteng….. the demand is excessive so any stoppage or functioning of one of our facilities would be a very big blow,” Lukhele said.
“It is for that reason that we would want to ask the other members of government facilities to engage with this exercise speedily so that we can get back to normal.
#BhekiMlangeniFire patients on their beds in the parking lot at the Bheki Mlangeni hospital after smoke engulfed parts of the facility this morning. Emergency services here to take them to other hospitals @eNCA pic.twitter.com/jzUzGL9MFs
— Masego Rahlaga (@MasegoRahlaga) May 20, 2019
#BhekiMlangeniFire the facility is empty inside while patients are waiting on their hospital beds in the parking lot to be taken into EMS vehicles and transported to nearby facilities. pic.twitter.com/FcJqMYMURs
— Masego Rahlaga (@MasegoRahlaga) May 20, 2019
[WATCH] #BhekiMlangeniFire the fire was contained in here (the HR department). All records are burnt. pic.twitter.com/Wo6JLhEELE
— Masego Rahlaga (@MasegoRahlaga) May 20, 2019
You might also like…No Monday blues allowed today: Ayanda Borotho
No Monday blues allowed today: Ayanda Borotho, SHe looks lovely always and she is forever gorgeous. Although she is known for playing Phumelele, the down-to-earth wife of Mpiyakhe Zungu on Isibaya, in real life she is an elegant, modern woman.
Isibaya actress Ayanda Borotho is well-known for her role on Isibaya as Madlamini Zungu, there is a lot about Ayanda we’ve come to learn over the years. The actress has acted in many local productions since the late 90s….Read more here
Source: eNCA
