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Breaking: Fire at Montefiore Medical Center (Updated)

A fire broke out this afternoon at Montefiore Medical Center (photo by Emily Piccone)

Firefighters are currently responding to a two-alarm fire at Montefiore Hospital, on Gun Hill Road, near Bainbridge Avenue. Norwood News editor Alex Kratz is on the scene and says the blaze was small and started by a generator above emergency room. The emergency room and two intensive care rooms were evacuated.

According to the hospital’s Twitter feed, no one was injured and the fire was contained immediately.

We’ll have more information for you as it come in.

Update: Employees returning to the building, as of 2:55 p.m.

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