A fire near the hospital in Trail is believed to be due to drug use.
Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue chief Dan Derby said in an email that six firefighters responded to the fire on Thursday while returning from another incident in Waneta.
Hospital staff tried to contain the fire with extinguishers before the fire department got there. The fire was under control within four minutes of crews arriving.
Derby said it has been ruled accidental.
