Patients Evacuated As Fire Blazes in Johannesburg Hospital

Patients Evacuated As Fire Blazes in Johannesburg Hospital
Hospital staff prepare to evacuate patients on stretchers at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg, on April 17, 2021. AP Photo/Ali Greeff
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JOHANNESBURG—Nearly 700 patients are being evacuated Saturday from Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, where a fire blazed overnight through parts of the facility in South Africa’s largest city.

No injuries or casualties have been reported. The fire has been contained but the hospital has been closed for seven days, said David Makhura, premier of Gauteng province where Johannesburg is located.