20220502 Fire at Rajkot maternity hospital under renovation; no casualty
India May 02 2022 “Building” “Hospitals”
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Fire at Rajkot maternity hospital under renovation; no casualty
Updated: 2022-05-02
RAJKOT: A fire broke out in a private hospital undergoing renovation in Gujarat’s Rajkot city on Sunday, but there was no report of any casualty, a fire official said.
There was no patient admitted in the hospital when the blaze erupted around 11.30 am on fourth floor of the four-storey Manan fertility hospital building, he said.
A few computers, electric wiring, fans and furniture were damaged in the blaze. Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control within 10 minutes, Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s fire officer R B Bhatti said.
“As the hospital is under renovation, there was no patient admitted there when the fire broke out. The hospital is equipped with a fire system and the employees there tried to douse the blaze using an extinguisher,” he said.
It seems the fire broke out due to a short-circuit. A probe is underway to ascertain the exact cause of the blaze, the official said.
Web Source: The Times of India