Lagatar24 Desk
Maharashtra, Nov 6: A massive fire broke out in the district hospital of Ahmednagar in Maharashtra on Saturday morning. 10 people have lost their lives due to the fire in the ICU of the hospital, informed District Collector Rajendra Bhosale.
Several fire tenders are busy extinguishing the fire at the spot. Patients admitted to the hospital were shifted to another place. During this, the fire extinguishers kept in the hospital failed to douse the fire, which escalated the fire.
According to the reports, the fire started around 11.30 am on Saturday. When the fire broke out, 20 people were present in the ICU ward. There were also many patients in the ICU who were on ventilators. Ward boys, nurses and doctors of the hospital shifted all the patients to the safe ward. vehicles of Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation and MIDC fire department reached the spot.
According to the latest information, the efforts to control the fire are in the final stages. Fire brigade personnel, policemen and hospital management people are engaged in relief and rescue work on the spot. Preliminary estimate that the fire started due to a short circuit. However, it has not been confirmed yet.
