Over 60 patients rescued after fire at Noida’s Metro Hospital

The fire, which started at around 11.45am on the third floor of the hospital at a busy intersection in Noida’s Sector 12, was doused after 2pm by the fire safety department of Noida Police.

More than 60 patients and other people were evacuated after a fire broke out in Noida’s Metro Hospital on Thursday, prompting the district administration to launch a probe into the incident.

ources said the fire was caused due to a gas leakage. (HT Photo)

The fire, which started at around 11.45am on the third floor of the hospital at a busy intersection in Noida’s Sector 12, was doused after 2pm by the fire safety department of Noida Police.

At least ten fire tenders and several personnel of Noida Police were engaged in the evacuation process of the patients along with the staff of Metro Hospital for over two hours.

“There were over 60 admitted patients at the time of the incident and all persons including staff and other personnel have been successfully evacuated without any casualty or injury. There have been losses in terms of infrastructure destruction in the fire,” the hospital’s spokesperson Chhaya Malhotra said.

All the evacuated patients were shifted to another branch of Metro Hospital in Sector 11, which is 500 metres away.

The fire tenders had a difficult time navigating through the congested lanes as the Sector 12 intersection saw the huge presence of onlookers and congestion in traffic.

“We received information around 12.20pm that a fire has broken out in the Metro Hospital at Sector 12 and as many as 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. All police and administration senior officials also reached the spot and around 45-50 persons were rescued without any casualty,” a spokesperson for Noida Police said.

“The search operation is going on to look for any trapped person,” the spokesperson said.

District magistrate BN Singh set up an inquiry committee to probe the reason behind the fire.

“A magisterial inquiry will be set up to probe the reason behind the fire at Metro Hospital at Sector 12. The inquiry committee will include senior police and admin officials who will give the results in next 15 days,” Singh said.