60 patients evacuated from Gateshead hospital
Smoke filled two wards used to treat stroke patients
Sixty patients had to be evacuated from a hospital in Gateshead this morning after a fire broke out inside the building.
Tyne and Wear Fire Service says crews were called to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital just after 4.30am to reports of a fire involving a heating generator.
Smoke filled two of the wards used to treat bed-ridden stroke patients, with 35 moved from one of the wards and 25 from the other.
Four appliances were sent to the building to help clear the smoke.