Just 30 patients remain at Wexford Hospital following blaze

Ray Murphy said he expected the hospital could be “back up and running” within days. Picture: Mary Browne

All but 30 of the more than 200 patients who were being treated at Wexford Hospital when fire broke out last night have been transferred out.

A senior officer with Wexford fire services has said that the damage to the hospital is “medium to small”, the fire was “not large” and had been confined to a small area in a plant room on the roof of the building.