Signs and barriers block parking lots as Brockton Hospital remains closed following 10-alarm fire

Brockton Hospital remained closed Wednesday after fire broke out in a basement transformer room on Tuesday morning.

Brockton Fire Chief Brian Nardelli said it was the first 10-alarm fire in the department’s history.

Nardelli said in order to fight the fire, all power to the building had to be shut off, including the hospital’s emergency generators.

With no power, there was no way to treat people, and 160 patients were moved to different facilities safely.

”We were able to move all of our patients out of the hospital with zero injuries and zero deaths,” Brockton Hospital President Bob Haffey said.

All other outlying buildings on the hospital campus are open, staffed, and accepting scheduled patients. All Signature Medical Group ambulatory sites are open and accepting scheduled patients.

“Please be assured our priority is to get Brockton Hospital safely up and running as soon as possible to continue to support our community with the outstanding quality care they are accustomed to,” according to Brockton hospital spokesperson.

Boston 25 News cameras captured patients on stretchers, in wheelchairs, and babies wrapped in blankets being removed from the hospital.

The Brockton Fire Department said 77 ambulances took patients to several other hospitals, including Cape Cod Hospital, Falmouth Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital System locations in Plymouth, Milton, Needham and Deaconess Medical Center, and Good Samaritan in Brockton.

A family reunification hotline was established for families trying to locate patients who were moved from the hospital.

Family members can call 617-370-5971 for more information. If they get the voicemail, they’re asked to leave their full name and phone number to receive a call back.

Nurses at multiple hospitals told Boston 25 News they were already slammed before receiving the new patients.

One nurse said they were having trouble finding beds for everyone, and some patients are being kept in ambulances until the hospital can make room for them.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but firefighters said it appears it was accidental.

It’s unclear when the hospital will reopen, but all elective procedures through Friday, February 10, have been cancelled.

“There’s severe damage to the main electrical room serving the main hospital,” said Nardelli. “That is where the focus is.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.

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