The air conditioning was knocked out at Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel Tuesday night, but technicians restored it in approximately two hours as the hospital returned to normal operations.
According to Pasco County public information officer Doug Tobin, Pasco Fire Rescue, Pasco Emergency Management and the Pasco Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an explosion in the central plant at FHWC (2600 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.) around 6:20 p.m. There were no injuries reported.
FHWC did not reference an explosion on their Facebook page. “Earlier tonight, a chilled water pump failed and over pressurized, causing a small mechanical failure in the central energy plant behind the hospital,” it says on the FHWC Facebook page. “We worked very closely with Pasco County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services. Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel never lost power and did not need to go on generators. The hospital did lose air conditioning for about two hours. No patients were transferred.”
None of the hospital’s patients needed to be evacuated.
The air conditioning was back on at around 8:30 p.m.