The Western Cape Department of Local Goverment says the fire that broke out at the Caledon Provincial Hospital, last night, has been extinguished. The fire affected only one of the wards in the hospital. MEC, Anton Bredell says all affected patients had been moved back to the hospital and placed in unaffected wards. The cause of the fire is still unknown and is being investigated.

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