Fire breaks out at Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, Fireman injured
New Delhi: A fire broke out on the fifth floor of Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital in northeast Delhi's Shastri Park area on Saturday morning, a fireman suffered a hand injury while trying to douse the blaze.
A fire broke out early Saturday on the fifth floor of Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital in northeast Delhi's Shastri Park area, officials said.
According to fire officials, a fireman suffered minor injuries in the incident.
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The fire department received information regarding the fire at 12.16 am, following which eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
Furniture, AC and a false ceiling in the meeting room on the fifth floor of the hospital caught fire, but no other casualty was reported, a senior fire official said, adding that the flames were doused within an hour.
During the firefighting operation, Sumit, a fireman, suffered a hand injury and was given first aid at the hospital, the officials said.
In another incident, a printing press shop caught fire in the Lodhi Colony area around 7.40 am. The fire was controlled by 10 am with the help of eight fire tenders, the officials added.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a fire broke out on the first floor of the OPD block of the under-construction building of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba. Two fire tenders reached the spot, the blaze was doused and there was no loss or injury to workers. A fire broke out in the under-construction building of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba. At the time of the incident, people were working in the said building, although no casualty had been reported. As per the information, welding work led to the fire on the first floor of the OPD block.
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