20141130 India Minor fire at Stanley Medical College Hospital
India Nov 29 2014 “Hospitals”
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Minor fire at Stanley Medical College Hospital
Updated: 2014-11-30-07:19
A minor fire that broke out at the children’s ward in Stanley Medical College Hospital on Saturday morning created flutter among patients and bystanders. No one was injured.
The fire may have been triggered by an an electrical short circuit, fire service personnel said.
A hospital staff noticed smoke emanating from an EB box on the ground floor and alerted the authorities. Some plastic cables went up in flames and it spread to adjacent places before fire personnel from Seven Wells reached the spot and put out the fire in a few minutes. Patients from the wards on the ground floor were temporarily shifted to other wards.
Websource:The times of India
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