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Fire Breaks out at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre

SAYRE — A fire forced hospital staff to move some patients at a hospital in Bradford County. According to hospital officials, a small fire broke out in an...
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SAYRE — A fire forced hospital staff to move some patients at a hospital in Bradford County.

According to hospital officials, a small fire broke out in an office on the fifth floor Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre Sunday afternoon.

The patients on that floor were moved to another floor.

The hospital is still open and is taking all emergency patients.

A spokesperson for the hospital said family can still visit patients, but should go to the Guthrie Clinic atrium where staff will escort them to their loved ones.

The fire was extinguished quickly and cleanup began immediately, the hospital said in a release. The extent of the damage was still being assessed, but hospital officials said it was mainly water damage.

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