Former hospital destroyed

Small flames can still be seen as the former Del Puerto Hospital is drenched by a stream of water July 5. All three wings of the building that served as Patterson's hospital for nearly half a century before closing in 1998 caught fire early Tuesday morning. At 3:51 a.m., Patterson Fire Department received a call reporting multiple buildings on fire near Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, 801 E St. When Engine No.