A fire early this morning in South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel caused the evacuation of a hospital ward.
It is the second fire in the hospital in the past 24 hours.
A porter noticed a bed ablaze in a single room in Medical Ward 3 at 2.45am and removed a nearby patient to safety.
Some 22 other patients were also moved to another part of the hospital.
The area has been sealed off for a Garda technical examination.
Yesterday, part of the main building was evacuated at 4.15am after a small fire was discovered in an ancillary facility in the same ward.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) said in a statement this morning additional security had been brought into the hospital while the Garda investigation was continuing.
