KUALA LUMPUR: A fire again forced the evacuation of one of Malaysia's busiest hospitals on Wednesday, just a day after a blaze at the facility killed six patients.

Mohamad Rizal Buang, a senior fire official in the southern state of Johor, told Agence France-Presse via SMS that Wednesday's blaze at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in the town of Johor Bahru was "small" and quickly contained.

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