VIDEO: An electrical fire on the third floor of Guam Memorial Hospital didnโt result in injuries on Tuesday but a separate incident with a failed air handling unit saw patients removed from the pediatrics ward and visitation suspended, according to hospital management. Both incidents happened separately, after a large power fluctuation, according to GMH acting spokesperson Melissa Quinata-Ronquillo. In the pediatrics ward, the burnt out air handling unit was caused by an unstable power supply, she said. On the third floor, there were โsparks and smoke,โ the spokesperson said.
GMHโs third floor houses the medical-surgery unit, hemodialysis, respiratory, and telemetry wards, according to a hospital floor plan. A hospital employee quickly put the fire out using a fire extinguisher, and the facility was switched to generator power for about an hour while teams from the Guam Power Authority and Guam Fire Department responded, according to Quinata-Ronquillo. GFD spokesperson Lt. Nick Garrido, speaking outside the main entrance to the hospital Tuesday afternoon, said GFD found no flames or smoke on site when responding but, โwe did get a scent.โ He said GFD responded to the reported fire at around 1:35 p.m. Fire engine companies out of Dededo and Tamuning responded to the call. Multiple GFD units were on the scene at GMH as of 3 p.m.
