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| Chesterfield Royal hospital fire shuts A&E department | Chesterfield Royal hospital fire shuts A&E department |
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| A fire broke out at a hospital in Derbyshire, closing its emergency department as staff rushed to move patients to safety. | A fire broke out at a hospital in Derbyshire, closing its emergency department as staff rushed to move patients to safety. |
| The blaze broke out at 2120 BST on Saturday in a newsagents shop in the main entrance to Chesterfield Royal Hospital. | |
| Staff immediately closed the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department and 15 patients on stretchers had to be moved. | |
| All emergency admissions are being diverted to other hospitals. | All emergency admissions are being diverted to other hospitals. |
| Ten fire appliances were sent to the scene and the blaze was put out after midnight, but crews have remained at the scene extinguishing hot spots. | |
| There was reported to be considerable smoke and fire damage to the A&E reception area and the fracture clinic, as the flames had spread through a roof space. | There was reported to be considerable smoke and fire damage to the A&E reception area and the fracture clinic, as the flames had spread through a roof space. |
| 'Extensive damage' | |
| Chesterfield Royal's head of communications, Sarah Turner-Saint, said: "We are asking people not to attend A&E until further notice. | Chesterfield Royal's head of communications, Sarah Turner-Saint, said: "We are asking people not to attend A&E until further notice. |
| "We are taking advice from the fire service, but at the present time it is not safe to take emergency patients." | "We are taking advice from the fire service, but at the present time it is not safe to take emergency patients." |
| She said there were no plans to evacuate any wards and no-one had been injured in the fire. | |
| Eric Morton, the hospital's chief executive, said: "There is extensive damage to some areas but we will work as quickly as we can to repair this. | |
| "We hope to have services back up to full strength within the next couple of days - albeit with some longer term reconstruction." | |
| An investigation into the cause of the fire will begin later. |