THERE were flashing blue lights of a different kind at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, when firefighters from Maindee, Malpas, Cwmbran and New Inn all attended a fire.
The fire started on Level 2 of the hospital at around 10.40pm on Wednesday, July 17, and appeared to have originated in a light fitting, a spokesman for the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said in a statement.
No patients were harmed and no hospital services were disrupted, he added.
“Thankfully the fire was contained within a store cupboard and the safety of our patients was maintained at all times," he said.
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“We would like thank our staff at the hospital and the fire service who quickly, calmly and professionally dealt with a incident.”
A spokesman for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews assisted in "reducing the accumulating smoke" after the fire was put out.
A stop message was received at 23:09pm.
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