Mattress fire sparks hospital ward flood

Psychiatric patients have been evacuated from the ward of a Melbourne hospital after a mattress caught fire.

The sprinkler system was activated while the patients were led out of the Sunshine Hospital ward on Monday night.

Firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control, but the psychiatric ward was left waterlogged.

Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman Phil Buckley says crews remained on site until the water was mopped up.