FIREMEN TACKLE HOSPITAL BLAZE

Fire crews from Bexhill joined more than 100 colleagues fighting a fire at the Conquest Hospital today (Tues).

The blaze broke out in the kitchen and forced the evacuation of 10 patients in the assessment ward of the Accident and Emergency Department.

The hospital was warning out patients not to turn up for appointments today and possibly tomorrow.

No one was injured in the fire which broke out at about 4.45am.