Fire breaks out in city hospital
As many as 40 people, including 16 patients, in a private hospital in Rajanakunte had a narrow escape after a re broke out in the basement of a three-storeyed private hospital in Rajanukunte on Tuesday morning.
The re was rst noticed in the basement area near the lab of Raksha Health Care at around 9 a.m., where heavy machinery was kept.
The smoke that spread all around created panic among the sta, visitors, and patients.
The re control room received a call around 9.15 a.m. following which six re tenders rushed to the spot.
Meanwhile, sta, visitors, and residents staying in and around rushed to help, shifted the patients, and evacuated the building.
According to the re department, the re broke out in the lab in the basement of the 50-bed private
According to the Fire Services Dept., the blaze started in the lab in the basement of the 50-bed private hospital
hospital. Though the blaze did not spread to the ground and the three upper oors of the building, the entire hospital was engulfed in thick smoke. The patients, including two in the ICU, were shifted to the nearest hospital and their condition is said to be stable.
“All patients are stable. Two of the sta members sustained minor injuries during the evacuation. A few others complained of uneasiness and suocation because of the thick smoke that engulfed the building,” a senior ocial said.
It took nearly two hours to bring the re under control. Though an electric short circuit is suspected to have caused the re, the police and re ocials are probing to ascertain the exact reason behind the accident.