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QIO MOCEITAI: Fire at local hospital received at 1.22 in the morning. And three stations have responded; three trucks from Lautoka, and one from Nadi and one from Ba responded immediately. And on arrival part of the building of the hospital was fully engulfed in flames, it's the operating theatre in the Lautoka Hospital. And the boys were starting to evacuate the patients from the hospital, together with the assistance of the police and army personnel from Lautoka.
JENNY MEYER: Do you know what the cause of the fire was?
QM: Ah, we still have to determine the cause of the fire yet. Our investigators are working with the police in Lautoka to do the investigation and trying to find out the cause of the fire.
JM: So you don't know if its like the nurses' toast or electrical?
QM: At this point in time no, we still haven't come up with a cause.
JM: Do you know how many patients you had to evacuate?
QM: The numbers that I've got is about 157
JM: 157?
QM: Yes and what's happening there now at the hospital? Have you still got people on stand-by watching for the fire?
QM: At the moment everything is back to normal. Only that the part of the building that has been burned, we are coordinating for investigation purpose and clear, that will be done after our investigation.
JM: So there's an interruption to the services at the hospital?
QM: There could be. Because that was one of the, an important part of the hospital, the operating theatre.
JM: So is there anything else you can tell me about what is happening there now at the Lautoka hospital?
QM: At the moment the firefighters are currently doing their investigations, together with police. And the Lautoka hospital is operating normally from the other area that has not been destroyed by fire. And probably that is the situation at the moment at the Lautoka Hospital.
JM: When do expect you might know what caused the fire?
QM: Yes, this investigation is going to take two to three days for the investigation to come up. Because it's quite a big area that caught fire and we have to do our investigation thoroughly, probably two to three days.
JM: And was there anybody injured, like further injured?
QM: No, there's no injuries.
