The Foreign Ministry said no Maltese were in the hospital where a huge fire broke out yesterday afternoon.

No Maltese patients were receiving treatment at the Royal Marsden cancer hospital and no Maltese were inside at the time, the ministry said.

The entire top floor of the Royal Marsden was gutted, with the hospital being evacuated as fire-fighters fought the blaze.

No casualties were reported in the blaze at Royal Marsden Hospital in London’s Chelsea neighborhood. The London Fire Brigade said it was a “very serious” blaze that broke out on the top floor.

Television broadcasts showed serious damage to the 150-year-old building and patients being evacuated into nearby streets.

Several patients were laid in an ambulance area on mattresses, being attended to by nurses who were covering them with extra blankets. Other patients were seen being led to safety wrapped in blankets, and in wheelchairs. There were no immediate figures for the number of patients evacuated.