Fire breaks out at Noida District Hospital, 25 patients shifted

Noida: A fire broke out in the basement of a district hospital in Sector 39 in Noida on Wednesday morning, prompting doctors to relocate 25 patients from the first floor to the emergency ward and ICU.

The incident occurred at 3:55 AM, prompting an immediate response from the fire department with the deployment of eight fire tenders.

Chief Fire Officer Pradeep K Chaubey said that as soon as the information was received, eight fire tenders reached the spot and doused the fire.

According to an ANI report, "At 3:55 AM, the fire service unit received information via the control room that a fire had broken out in the basement of the government hospital in Sector 39. Promptly, we dispatched 8 vehicles to the hospital. The smoke, which had started due to the fire, began to fill the first floor. During this time, the doctors did an excellent job by immediately moving 25 patients from the first floor to the emergency ward and ICU," Chaubey said.

No one was injured in the incident, and the fire, which started in a UPS battery located in the building's basement, was successfully extinguished. 

The fire, attributed to a recently replaced Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) battery, was contained and extinguished using fire extinguishers.

Chaubey said,"The cause of the fire was determined to be an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) battery, which had been replaced just 25 days ago",news agency ANI reported.

"Due to the swift action by the doctors, no one was injured, and everyone is safe," he added.

Earlier, a massive fire broke out in a factory at Sahibabad Site 4 Industry area in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad in the early hours of May 6.

Upon receiving the information, 18 fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the fire.