A bush fire at Farm Road Ex­ten­sion, St Joseph, sparked con­cern yes­ter­day, as thick plumes of smoke led many to be­lieve the blaze had erupt­ed at the near­by Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex in Mt Hope.

North Cen­tral Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty’s (NCRHA) chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer Dalvin Thomas was forced to is­sue a state­ment say­ing the fire did not oc­cur on the au­thor­i­ty’s com­pound.

Thomas added that drone footage from the NCRHA’s In­ves­ti­ga­tions, Re­con­nais­sance, and Sur­veil­lance Unit showed the fire was ac­tu­al­ly a bush blaze, lo­cat­ed far from the hos­pi­tal’s premis­es.