MANILA, March 13 -- Around 180 patients were evacuated after a fire broke out inside the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) compound in Manila on Wednesday afternoon.

The blaze reached the first alarm at 3:08 p.m. and second alarm at 3:11 p.m. It was declared under control at 3:45 p.m. and out at 4:30 p.m., Manila Fire Marshal Senior Supt. Christine Cula said in a status report.

University of the Philippines-PGH spokesperson Jonas del Rosario told newsmen that the patients include 165 patients from four wards, six from the Central Adult and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Cenicu) and 10 from the Medical Intensive Care Unit.

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire which seemed to have originated from the audio-visu...