(CNN) All patients have been moved to nearby hospitals after a fire broke out at a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey's state-run media Anadolu reported Thursday evening, citing Turkey's Minister for Health.

Firefighters continued to tackle the blaze several hours after the fire started on the roof of the Taksim Training and Research Hospital in Gaziosmanpasa, a district in the northern part of the city. About 70 patients were evacuated.

Hasan Tahsin Usta, mayor of Gaziosmanpasa, said that the fire, which spread down the outside of the building, was almost under control and no casualties had been reported, according to Anadolu.

Footage posted to social media showed flames on the hospital facade.

Yangın büyük ölçüde söndürüldü. pic.twitter.com/zSrTKtSQoj — Önder Çelik (@ondercelik36) April 5, 2018

Speaking to CNN Turk, Bahriye (who did not give her last name) said she was with her mother, a patient in the hospital, on the second floor when the fire broke out.

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