LONDON: British police said on Monday emergency services in Staffordshire were fighting a fire at the George Bryan Medical Center in the town of Tamworth and that a man had been arrested on suspicion of arson.

No casualties have been reported as of yet and the center has been evacuated, Staffordshire Police said in a tweet.

Police later said a 43-year-old man from Tamworth had been detained on suspicion of arson in connection with the fire.