Odisha: Minor fire outbreak at Apollo Hospital

Bhubaneswar: Apollo Hospital in the city saw a minor fire outbreak recently, with no casualty and loss of life being reported. The fire was reportedly  caused due to short circuit in a switch board of lift machine room located on the terrace of service block within the hospital premises.

The main hospital building was not affected by the fire outbreak as the minor short circuit happened at service block not at the main building, reports Pragativadi.

 

The short circuit initiated at around 7:00 pm in the service block of the hospital and before it could take an ugly turn, the fire was extinguished with the aid of trained fire fighting staff of the hospital and the fire service department.

With automatic fire detection alarm active within few seconds, the trained hospital fire and maintenance department teams came to effect and rescued people at the right time. The trained staff helped with the fire extinguishers and the fire was put off immediately.