Dublin's St Vincent's Hospital is on standby this evening as a major emergency was declared at Wexford General Hospital.
There have been 207 patients evacuated after a major fire broke out at the health facility at around 4pm this afternoon. The decision to evacuate the entire hospital was made just after 6pm.
The fire has been brought under control but there is understood to be major damage to the hospital structure. There has been water and smoke damage in wards.
