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Firefighters extinguish fire at Belfast hospital

Michael FitzpatrickBBC News NI
News imageBBC A police car parked outside the Royal Victoria Hospital Emergency Department. The building is white. The police car is yellow and blue and says POLICE along the side of it.BBC
Four appliances were sent to tackle the fire on Wednesday evening

A fire in the emergency department of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast has been extinguished.

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said they were called to a blaze in the ground floor of the ED at 18:43 BST.

A number of police officers remain at the scene.

The main waiting area and reception are currently closed and patients attending the ED are being directed through a side entrance to a different waiting area.

Four fire appliances were sent to tackle the fire and the NIFRS said the scene was "smoke-logged".

It is not yet known if anyone was injured in the incident.