Fire breaks out in covid treating Patel Welfare Hospital in Bharuch; 18 dead

Bharuch:? There has been an incident of massive fire in Covid section ICU (Intensive Care Unit) of Patel Welfare hospital in district headquarters Bharuch in Central Gujarat. According to local fire brigade, 18 persons including 16 patients and 2 staff nurses died in this incident. Fire broke out post midnight and call was received by local fire brigade at 1.00 am. According to Bharuch Fire Brigade, prima facie reason of fire is short circuit. Number of ambulances could be seen rushing to the spot in order to transfer the patients. Fire brigade team was on the spot to douse the fire and rescue the patients. Locals gathered outside the hospital building were also seen rescuing the patients. DeshGujarat

One of the patients dead:

Rescue by locals:

Rescue of patients by locals pic.twitter.com/mGs5lmmpMW

? DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) April 30, 2021

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday announced financial assistance of ?4 lakh for the families of 18 people, who were killed in a fire at a Covid-19 designated hospital in the state?s Bharuch. Rupani also extended his condolences to the patients, doctors and the hospital staff who lost their lives in the fire.

?I express my condolences towards the patients, doctors and hospital staff who have lost their lives in the fire accident at Bharuch Hospital. The state government will provide assistance of ?4 lakh to the families of each of the victims of the accident,? Rupani said, according to news agency ANI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the accident in Bharuch. “Pained by the loss of lives due to a fire at a hospital in Bharuch. Condolences to the bereaved families,” Prime Minister Modi tweeted.