Large fireplace that broke out on the second ground of the ESI Hospital, Sealdah, Kolkata, on October 18, 2024.
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A serious fireplace broke out at Sealdah ESI Hospital in Kolkata on Friday morning, a fireplace official mentioned.
Ten fireplace tenders have been rushed to the spot and the blaze was introduced below management after two hours, he mentioned.
There aren’t any reviews of any casualty within the fireplace, the official mentioned.
West Bengal Hearth and Emergency Providers Minister Sujit Bose rushed to the hospital after receiving reviews of the hearth. The minister mentioned the hearth broke out round 5:30 am. It was below now management and the cooling course of is being carried out, he mentioned.
Requested concerning the declare of a affected person’s household concerning the dying of the affected person, the minister mentioned it was but to be ascertained whether or not the dying was attributable to fire-induced suffocation or pure trigger.
A senior ESI hospital official mentioned the hearth first began on the primary ground of the boys’s surgical ward. All of the sufferers have been safely evacuated, with some transferred to different amenities. Round 50 sufferers have been shifted to the Maniktala ESI Hospital, she mentioned.
“The hospital’s water sprinkler system was nonetheless below development. Though fireplace extinguishers have been accessible, they weren’t adequate for such a big fireplace, which prompted intensive injury to the ward,” the official added.
West Bengal Labour minister Moloy Ghatak mentioned preliminary reviews indicated the hearth was attributable to a brief circuit. An in depth investigation can be carried out, he mentioned.
Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma visited the hospital and mentioned a forensic staff would go to the well being facility.
Printed – October 18, 2024 04:49 pm IST
