Dynamite News Fire breaks out at Noida Hospital due to inverter battery, doused off
A fire broke out early Wednesday morning in the basement of a government hospital in Sector 39. Read further on Dynamite News:
Noida (Uttar Pradesh): A fire broke out early Wednesday morning in the basement of a government hospital in Sector 39, Noida, originating from an inverter battery, said a police official.
The incident occurred at 3:55 AM, prompting an immediate response from the fire department.
Chief Fire Officer Pradeep K Chaubey said that as soon as the information was received, eight fire tenders reached the spot and doused the fire.
"At 3:55 AM, the fire service unit received information via the control room that a fire had broken out in the basement of the government hospital in Sector 39. Promptly, we dispatched 8 vehicles to the hospital.
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The smoke, which had started due to the fire, began to fill the first floor.
During this time, the doctors did an excellent job by immediately moving 25 patients from the first floor to the emergency ward and ICU," Chaubey said.
"Our team arrived and extinguished the fire using fire extinguishers," he added.
The fire, attributed to a recently replaced Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) battery, was contained and extinguished using fire extinguishers.
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"The cause of the fire was determined to be an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) battery, which had been replaced just 25 days ago," Chaubey said.
"Due to the swift action by the doctors, no one was injured, and everyone is safe," he added.
Earlier, a massive fire broke out in a factory at Sahibabad Site 4 Industry area in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad in the early hours of May 6.
Upon receiving the information, 18 fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the fire.