Two dead in incident of fire at Modi Eye Care Hospital in Naranpura

Naranpura: A couple died in a fire at Modi eye care hospital near Jay Mangal BRTS bus stand in Naranpura area in Ahmedabad today morning.

The security guard of the hospital named Nareshbhai Pardhi, mainly from Dhariyawad in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan (age 25) and his wife Harshaben Pardhi (age 24) died in the fire. The owner of the hospital Dr Dhaval Modi said that the fire broke out at late night or early morning. It is only a day care hospital. So, it works only during the day and no patients are admitted at night. Only the security guard and his wife stayed there at night.

Nareshbhai didn’t pick up the call in the morning. A person of hospital staff entered the hospital by breaking the window of the first floor and then found out about the fire at the hospital. Nobody knows about the exact timing of the fire as CCTV was closed. Nareshbhai worked as a security guard at the hospital for a year.

The fire brigade learnt about the incident at 9.30 am. The fire brigade said that they only saw fumes, and not the fire, when they reached. DeshGujarat