Fire forces inmates of Hospital Bahagia to evacuate

Fire watch: Staff members and patients of Hospital Bahagia in Ulu Kinta gathering outside the ward that caught fire.

IPOH: A lunch hour fire at Hospital Bahagia, the country’s oldest mental institution, forced the evacuation of 21 inmates from one of its wards.

The fire destroyed an entire store room and part of Ward 11’s ceiling and roof.