SUNBURY - No one was hurt when a small fire ignited inside Sunbury Community Hospital Wednesday evening.
Sunbury Fire Chief Mike Rhoads said a capacitor of a heating unit on the fifth floor "exploded" around 7:30 p.m., causing oil to drip onto hot pipes, starting a small fire.
The fire triggered the hospital's fire detection system, which automatically notified the Northumberland County 911 Center.
Firefighters observed smoke on the fifth floor and located the fire. Damaged was contained to the heating unit.
Rhoads said the hospital is divided into zones, and that no patients were in the zone where the fire started.
Hospital maintenance staff shut down the heating unit. Firefighters left the scene after approximately 45 minutes.