COPS are investigating an arson attack at Derriford Hospital last night which saw patients evacuated.
Emergency services raced to the Plymouth hospital at around 6.00pm in response to reports of a fire in the ‘high-rise’ building.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service quickly evacuated patients and visitors.
They were seen gathered outside the entrance while firefighters established the blaze had been started deliberately in a toilet.
A spokesperson for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “There was a small fire in a toilet.
“We’ve only got one [appliance] there now but we have to send [multiple appliances] because it is a high rise building, and there is a potential risk there.
“This was a tiny fire and it was pretty much out when we got there.”
There have been no confirmed casualties.
An eyewitness told PlymouthLive: “Derriford Hospital has been part evacuated because of a fire in the downstairs toilets.”
