Fire Extinguished At Greenwich Hospital: UPDATE

GREENWICH, CT — Fire officials said Tuesday afternoon crews responded to a fire at Greenwich Hospital. An alert was sent out around 3 p.m. on the Greenwich Fire L1042 Twitter page.

"Units on scene of a fire at Greenwich Hospital," the tweet reads.

About 15 minutes later, fire officials sent another tweet that said the blaze had been extinguished.

"Fire was generator area and involved some debris in a shaft way," the second tweet reads. "Fire is extinguished per command."

According to Magaly Olivero, the hospital's public relations coordinator, Greenwich Hospital experienced "a smoke incident" in the afternoon which prompted them to contact the fire department.

"A small amount of debris was smoldering on the roof, and the smoke was drawn into the building," Olivero said in an email to Patch. "At no time were patients impacted."

The incident occurred at a busy time for the hospital, which reported Monday there were 65 patients who tested positive for the new coronavirus being treated in several different units of the facility.

As of Monday evening, nearly 400 patients have been discharged from the hospital and continue their recuperation at home. Also as of Monday, 5,149 people have been tested at the hospital, with 1,715 people testing positive, town officials said during a press update.

All of these numbers reflect both patients who live in Greenwich and patients from other areas in Connecticut, as well as Westchester County, N.Y., town officials said.