Hospital in Lothian & Borders evacuated after blaze

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Hospital in Lothian & Borders evacuated after blaze

14 Jul 2011
A hospital in the Lothian and Borders region of Scotland has been partly evacuated after a fire broke out on the premises.
The blaze began in a storage cupboard at Liberton Hospital at around 11am yesterday (July 13th), when 12 patients and 60 members of staff escaped the building, according to the Scotsman.
Around 35 firefighters from the local Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene and - after extinguishing the blaze - ventilated the ground floor of the building.
Andy Girrity, the group manager of the fire service, noted that there was not much fire damage, but seven appliances were called because smoke spread rapidly.
A suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment must be conducted on all sleeping accommodation in Scotland, under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005.
If this FRA is not carried out to a suitable extent, the Duty Holder can face a fine or a spell in prison.