Face of Nation : A fire which broke out in a building at Delhi’s AIIMS Hospital was brought under control, the fire department said on Saturday. No casualty was reported in the fire, it added. The fire reportedly started at a building near the Emergency Ward of the hospital. The fire department evacuated people from the building, which houses doctors’ rooms and research labs.
Around 34 fire engines took part in the fire-fighting operation. The fire started at the first floor of the building, but the smoke spread to the second floor, a senior fire official told. Former Union minister Arun Jaitley is undergoing treatment at the hospital, but he is admitted in a different building, the official added.
A Delhi Fire Services official told news agency PTI that they received a call on fire in the PC and Teaching Block of the hospital at around 5 pm. Dark plumes of smoke were seen billowing out from the top of the hospital.
