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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Patients in wards at Rumphi district hospital were swiftly evacuated on Saturday after a raging fire gutted the hospital.<\/p>\n

The fire razed through the hospital\u2019s pharmacy wing, destroying a substantial amount of medicine in the process.<\/p>\n

As a precautionary measure, all patients from the hospital wards were hurriedly evacuated.<\/p>\n

District Commissioner for Rumphi, Emmanuel Bulukutu said investigations were underway to establish the cause of the fire accident.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far we have not valued the extent of the loss but a substantial amount of drugs have been destroyed, \u201d said Bulukutu.<\/p>\n

A team of fire fighters from Mzuzu City has arrived at the hospital and managed to contain it.<\/p>\n

The fire extinguishers were called from Mzuzu City because Rumphi District does not have fire extinguishing equipment.<\/p>\n

It took two hours before the fire extinguishing team arrived.<\/p>\n

Volunteers were fetching water in buckets to extinguishe the fire before the team arrived from Mzuzu City which is 80 Kilometres away from Rumphi District.<\/p>\n

Authorities are working on quantifying the cost of damage as a result of fire that has gutted a building housing the pharmacy department at Rumphi district hospital.<\/p>\n

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