Fire breaks out at Max Hospital

Panic gripped people when a fire broke out on the first floor of the Max Hospital in Phase 6 this evening. Smoke engulfed several rooms of the building and windows began to cracking soon after the fire.

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Onlookers said the fire broke out in the duct of the first floor and spread to a portion of the nearby area around 8:01 pm. Three fire engines were rushed to the spot. It took around 2 hours to bring the situation under control. As smoke had filled the entire floor, a few glass windows had to be broken to ventilate the area.

Firemen said the situation was brought under control immediately but since it was a hospital, there were many considerations. “It was scary as black smoke billowed out of the building. Visitors came out safely and the floor was evacuated well in time,” said Rashmi Bhardwaj, a visitor to the hospital.

Fire officials said the exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained. Senior officials of the hospitals reached the spot and oversaw the rescue operations. “A minor fire broke out on the 1st floor at the Max Hospital, Mohali, earlier in the evening today. The fire service and the hospital’s firefighting systems were able to bring the fire under control immediately. As a precautionary measure, some patients had to be shifted to another part of the hospital. No one has sustained any injuries in this incident. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained,” said a spokesperson for the hospital.