Delhi: Fire at ESI Hospital in Punjab Bagh, patients rescued

Officials said medical staffers helped evacuate patients in time. The fire was controlled in an hour and a rescue operation has been initiated.

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A fire broke out at ESI hospital in Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh on Thursday afternoon. Officials said the fire started from the operation theatre on the third floor of a non-Covid block and spread to other wards.

More than 50 patients were evacuated in time and they are now in other wards.

Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officials said only a few patients were on the third floor when the fire broke out. Over 20 staffers were trapped, but were evacuated by firefighters in time.

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Officials added that the fire broke due to a short circuit in the power supply room near the OT. The fire gutted medical equipment and hospital beds.

DFS Chief Atul Garg said, “We received a call around 1.17 pm about the fire near the OT room at a hospital. We rushed to the spot with seven fire tenders.”

Officials said medical staffers helped evacuate patients in time. The fire was doused in two hours.

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