Fire breaks out at New Delhi hospital

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Bangla Tribune Desk
Published : 18:45, Aug 17, 2019 | Updated : 18:51, Aug 17, 2019

A fire has broken out at a hospital in New Delhi, capital of India.
Around 34 fire fighting units were working to douse the fire at a building at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Hospital in New Delhi, reports NDTV.
The fire reportedly started at a building near the hospital’s Emergency Ward. The building is a non-patient block which houses doctors' rooms and research labs.
So far, there is no report of any casualty and fire fighters were evacuating the building.



The fire started on the first floor of the building, but the smoke has spread to the second floor, NDTV quoted a senior fire department official.
Dark plumes of smoke were seen billowing out from the top of the hospital.
A Delhi Fire Services official told news agency PTI that they received a call on fire in the PC and Teaching Block of the hospital at around 5 pm.
Former Indian minister Arun Jaitley underwent treatment at the hospital, but he is admitted in a different building, the official added.
Jaitley is admitted in the Intensive Care Unit since Aug 9.

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