Atlanta Fire crews arrived around 7:45 p.m. and were able to extinguish the fire with two dry chemical extinguishers, Atlanta Fire Assistant Chief Tony Terrell told the news outlet.
“We had some air quality problems in the hospital due to the electrical wires burning and catching on fire, but they were extinguished quickly,” Mr. Terrell said. The fire appears to have started due to faulty wires in the elevator’s control panel, firefighters said.
Patients were moved to another floor as a precaution, hospital officials said, but no one was hurt and the air quality on all floors was deemed safe, the report said.
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