Fire breaks out near AIIMS Trauma Centre after transformer blast
New Delhi: A fire broke out near the Trauma Centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Thursday afternoon following a blast in an electric transformer, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said.
He added that no one was injured in the incident.
"We received a call regarding a blast and a fire in an electric transformer at the AIIMS Trauma Centre at 3:34 pm. We rushed eight fire tenders to the spot. The fire was doused by 3:55 pm. No one was injured," DFS chief Atul Garg said in a statement, according to news agency PTI.
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A fire officer told PTI that when their teams reached the spot, the staff of the AIIMS fire unit was already trying to bring the blaze under control.
"We immediately deployed the eight fire tenders and it took 30 to 40 minutes to douse the flames completely," the officer said.
In a statement, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said, "We would like to inform that there was no fire at JPNATC, AIIMS Delhi. A fire incident occurred at an NDMC transformer located within the JPNATC complex, which was brought under control."
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