A patient has been held by police after a fire at Scotland's new £842m hospital forced an evacuation.

The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

The fire broke out in a patient room on the 11th floor of the hospital. Patients had to be evacuated and the building's sprinkler system was activated, which extinguished the fire.

One patient, a 37-year-old man, has been reported to the procurator fiscal in connection with the incident. No other patients or staff were injured.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Around. 2.10am on Wednesday emergency services attended reports of a room on fire on the 11th floor of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

"The fire was extinguished by the in-house sprinkler system, however, 17 patients from the ward were evacuated as a precaution due to smoke damage.

"No one was injured. A 37-year-old man is the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal in connection with the incident."

A spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said: "We can confirm that a fire occurred in one of the patient rooms at the QEUH.

"Police Scotland has subsequently charged a patient in connection with the incident.

"No other patients or staff were injured thanks to the swift and well rehearsed actions of staff who very quickly moved the other patients in the ward to other areas of the hospital and alerted the fire services and police."