SIBU: A thick smoke coming out from the main building of Sibu Hospital at Jalan Ulu Oya here, triggered panic among the patients and their families this morning. In the 8.15am incident, the smoke from the first floor had forced evacuation of all the patients from their ward. A witness, who only wanted to known as Ambrose, said he was shocked to see everyone rushing out from the building. "I was on the ground floor during the incident and a nurse had told me that there was smoke coming out from the ceiling of a toilet," he said. "The smoke was from a toilet ceiling on the first floor and the hospital staff had evacuated all the patients before our team arrived.

Source: New Strait Times November 18, 2017 04:07 UTC