Thane: Around 20 individuals have been safely rescued from the hospital immediately after a fire broke into COVID-19 hospital on Sunday evening. However, no casualties or injuries have been reported in the incident.
The incident took spot at about 9:30 pm at one particular of the private hospitals in Shanti Nagar location of Ulhasnagar section 3. The fire led to the spread of smoke on the hospital premises.
“Around 20 people including staff and patients were rushed to safe place, following the alert call to the fire brigade team, who immediately reached and doused the fire. It was found that the fire broke out due to the short circuit in air conditioner unit, leading to huge smoke in the hospital premises,” informed a fire official from Ulhasnagar.