Fire in Rajasthan Hospital basement in Ahmedabad; All patients are safe

Ahmedabad: A trust run Rajasthan hospital which is located in Shahibaug area of the city today morning had incident of fire. The city fire and emergency services which functions under the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) declared it a major call and moved over 31 fire vehicles including a fire robot. None is hurt or dead in this incident of fire.

Fire broke out in the basement of the hospital. According to hospital management, scrap items were kept in the basement where fire broke out. The management official also said that about 100 patients are shifted to other hospital following the incident of fire which was limited to the basement of the building. Fire jawans could not enter the depth of the basement due to heavy smoke all around. Attempts were on to deploy heavy duty exhaust fans and opening of drainage holes so that smoke can come out.

The patients are shifted to nearby Anand hospital, Oswal and BAPS hospitals. A road from Ghevar complex to Rajasthan hospital was closed for traffic for parking and movement of fire vehicles and ambulances. Rajasthan hospital has double basement which is mostly used for parking of vehicles.

અમદાવાદની એક હોસ્પિટલમાં આગ દુર્ધટનાના સમાચાર મળ્યા. ગુજરાતના મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી @Bhupendrapbjp જી સાથે વાત કરી અને દુર્ધટનાની જાણકારી લીધી. સ્થાનિક વહીવટીતંત્ર સતત આગ બુઝાવવામાં, દર્દીઓને બચાવવામાં અને રાહત કાર્યમાં તત્પરતા સાથે લાગેલું છે.

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 30, 2023

Meanwhile, union Home Minister and Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat representative Amit Shah in a tweet said he received the news of fire in one hospital in Ahmedabad and spoke to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to get more information on this incident. The local administration is continuously involved in dousing the fire, rescuing the patients and relief work.

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– In total 106 patients are shifted to nearby facilities.

– Incharge Police Commissioner Premvir Singh, DyMC Mihir Patel and Ramesh Merja, AssMC Ramya Bhatt, MLAs Kaushik Jain, Darshna Vaghela among others reached the spot.

– The fire started at 4.30 am.

– The cause of the fire is reported by the hospital management as a short circuit, however, the actual reason would be known only after the Forensic team’s conclusions.

– The patients not critical were shifted to nearby Oswal Bhavan and were kept in various vacant rooms there and also in the general hall. Some of the patients took discharged to get admitted in some private facilities.

-Due to heavy smoke and dark, the fire jawans couldn’t stay for long inside the basement even after wearing the gas masks.  DeshGujarat