Deputy Health Minister Joe Phaahla believes there is no connection between the fire that broke out at Tembisa Hospital today and the one that occurred over the weekend.

Phaahla visited the hospital to evaluate the damage caused to the facility’s filing room and to discuss recovery plans.

This comes after another fire broke out at the hospital’s emergency unit on Saturday.

Phaahla says the two incidents are not related.

“This was not a continuation of Saturday’s fire because the area where the fire broke out earlier this morning is quite distinct from Saturday’s one. There is no direct linkage, so whatever the forensic will find in terms of what triggered the fire. We are of the view that unless proven otherwise, something else happened on the other side of the room where the fire started.”

Forensics still working on the scene: Dr Joe Phaahla