UPDATED: Laboratory operations at Vaiola hospital this afternoon were disrupted after an inflammable acid allegedly spilled into an electric socket in the lab causing an electrical short-circuit at around 4pm.
Patients in the area had to be evacuated after a “small explosion” was heard.
A spokesperson for the hospital told Kaniva News the fault caused damages to the electrical wiring system at the histology lab and a room at the operating theatre but was brought under control before fire fighters arrived.
No injury was reported and the operations have been returning to normal, he said.
