Good Samaritan patients evacuated after fire

Most patients were evacuated from the main building of MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital Wednesday afternoon due to a fire, hospital officials said.

 

The smoke from a laundry room fire traveled through building ventilation and into hallway. 

 

the fire was extinguished within 45 minutes, and patients were returned to their rooms. No patients were in any danger, a hospital spokeswoman said.