# The Gauteng Department of Health has confirmed a fire at the female psychiatry ward of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital this afternoon. A mental health patient reportedly set her bed alight while demanding discharge. No injuries were reported. Security staff and the City of Johannesburg fire department swiftly extinguished the blaze and cleared the smoke. Patients were evacuated as a precaution, while police and hospital management investigate the incident.
Fire contained at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital psychiatry ward