Southwell Street, Bristol

Crews from Temple, Yate, Southmead, Bedminster, Hicks Gate, Patchway, Kingswood, Nailsea, Avonmouth, Weston-Super-Mare were called at 4:23pm to reports of a fire on the roof of a hospital involving solar panels on Southwell Street, Bristol. Upon arrival, crews located a fire on the roof of the building and began firefighting efforts.

The hospital was partially evacuated at the time of the incident. We can confirm that the fire has now been extinguished, and we currently have five fire engines on scene including one turntable ladder for monitoring purposes.

Police crews remain on scene to assist with traffic and cordon management. Some cordons are expected to be lifted.

No injuries or casualties have been reported.

Following the fire, Avon Fire & Rescue Services Fire Investigation Team have established the cause of the fire to be accidental due to a fault in the solar panels, on the roof of the building.

Firefighters safely extinguished the fire on the roof and no other part of the hospital was affected by the fire.