A fire broke out in the Advanced Eye Centre at Chandigarh's Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research on Monday. In a video shared by news agency PTI, efforts to douse the flame could be seen which were blazing high till the ceiling. More details on the incident are awaited.
The PGIMER houses several wards and administrative offices
This is the second incident within a week after another fire broke out on October 10 on the first floor of the Institue's Nehru Hospital.
A computer room on the first floor was gutted following which smoke was seen rising on the higher floors. the fire tenders were immediately pressed to the spot and the flames were brought under control.
With swift action of the hospital staff, all patients were shifted to safe zones, including those admitted in the emergency ward of the Hospital, preventing any casualties.
An official of the Disaster Management Department said, "All patients were safely evacuated, we cleared the ICU (Intensive Care Unit), respiratory ICU ... Our rescue team worked in coordination with the police, the fire department and PGI departments," according to a report by news agency PTI .
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In a similar incident, a fire broke out in the electric meter room of a ground-plus-three-storey building in Thane district of Maharashtra on Monday, civic officials said.
According to Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi, the fire erupted at around 5:10 am on Monday, adding that no person was injured in the blaze. Fifteen electric meters in the room located on the ground floor were destroyed in the fire, he said.