A hospital's emergency department is closed after it had to be evacuated following a fire.
The blaze broke out at Weston General Hospital in Weston-super-Mare earlier on Monday. All patients and staff got out safely and the fire has been extinguished, the hospital confirmed.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, asked patients in need of urgent of emergency care to attend their next closest emergency department or local minor injury unit while the closure is in place.
A spokesperson for the trust said it would update patients when the emergency department can safely reopen.
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