The incident occurred in an empty ward, so it was not necessary to remove a hospitalized patient.

Eleven fire trucks and police also retreated to the Kútvölgyi Hospital in Budapest, writes Magyar Hang.

According to the newspaper, the fire fighting units in addition to Hegyvidék in the XI. and II. In the district, after detecting smoke on the fifth floor, health workers waited at the windows for the smoke to stop.

A spokesman for the Budapest Disaster Management Directorate, Máté Kisdi, said there was light smoke from the opening of a service tunnel on the fifth floor, which was suppressed with hand-held fire extinguishers. The incident took place in an empty room, there was no need to remove hospitalized patients from the building. Experts are currently investigating the origin of the smoke.


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