Civil Defense Extinguishes Fire at Moarbes Hospital

The Civil Defense contained on Thursday a fire that erupted in a room on the third floor at Moarbes hospital in Ain el-Remeneh.

The blaze swept through the second floor, the third and part of the fourth floor, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Media reports said that patients were evacuated.

According to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) the fire was caused an electrical friction.