Fire in Delhi nursing home, patients evacuated, efforts on to find ICU beds in other hospitals

According to fire officials, they received a call around 11 pm about the fire in UK Nursing home. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the site.

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A senior fire official said a total of 26 patients had been trapped inside. Out of the 26, around 17 are COVID patients.

A fire broke out in a nursing home in West Delhi’s Vikaspuri, which was recently converted into COVID hospital, on Tuesday night. Patients have been rescued and the hospital administration is coordinating with other hospitals to shift their five to seven patients from the ICU ward.

According to fire officials, they received a call around 11 pm about the fire in UK Nursing home. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the site to douse the blaze.

“We received a call around 11 pm about the fire from UK Nursing home. We sent a total of eight fire tenders at the spot. There were COVID patients inside the hospital who were trapped. Within an hour, our team controlled the fire and rescued all patients safely. Nobody was injured,” said Atul Garg, Delhi Fire Services chief.

Officials said the fire was caused by a short-circuit.

“There is a store room on the first floor of the building from where the fire started due to a short-circuit. There were some patients on the ground floor. On reaching, firefighters entered after breaking all windows and took out the patients,” an official said, adding that they have doused the fire, but there is still smoke.

A senior fire official said a total of 26 patients had been trapped inside. Out of the 26, around 17 are COVID patients.

Mahender Singh Manral

Mahender Singh Manral is an Assistant Editor with the national bureau of The Indian Express. He is known for his impactful and breaking stories. He covers the Ministry of Home Affairs, Investigative Agencies, National Investigative Agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Agencies, Paramilitary Forces, and internal security. Prior to this, Manral had extensively reported on city-based crime stories along with that he also covered the anti-corruption branch of the Delhi government for a decade. He is known for his knack for News and a detailed understanding of stories. He also worked with Mail Today as a senior correspondent for eleven months. He has also worked with The Pioneer for two years where he was exclusively covering crime beat. During his initial days of the career he also worked with The Statesman newspaper in the national capital, where he was entrusted with beats like crime, education, and the Delhi Jal Board. A graduate in Mass Communication, Manral is always in search of stories that impact lives. ... Read More

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