Residents of the border community of Lethem yesterday managed to contain an early morning fire which gutted a section of the regional hospital in the Region 9 community.

Reports are that sometime after 4:30 am yesterday a resident observed smoke emanating from an air-conditioning unit in the area which housed the pharmacy at the hospital. The unit was soon engulfed in flames and residents used a sledgehammer to dislodge it, however the fire had already spread to the ceiling and the flooring in the building.

Residents then broke the walls under the…..