Crews tackle fire outside intensive care unit at Wexham Park Hospital

Firefighters scrambled to put out a blaze near a gas main outside Wexham Park Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit this afternoon.

Crews from Langley and Windsor were called to the hospital grounds at 1.58pm following reports a gas supply housing box had caught alight.

A spokesman for Langley Fire Station said crews had to work swiftly to prevent what could have been a ‘catastrophic’ incident.

Patients and staff from two areas of the hospital were moved to other wards as a precaution, the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust said.

A statement added: “We were notified of a small fire outside Wexham Park Hospital at 1.58pm today.

“The fire service were in attendance and the fire has now been extinguished.

“The safety of our patients, staff and visitors is our number one priority.

“As a precaution patients and staff from two areas of the hospital were moved to other wards.”

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The hospital trust said an investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the blaze.

It thanked crews from the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service for their support.