A fire broke out at Nowrosjee Wadia Hospital in Parel in central Mumbai on Friday evening. According to preliminary information, level 2 fire erupted near a paediatric operation theatre on the first floor of the hospital around 7.50 pm.
"The blaze was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, central AC, doors, windows and wooden partition in the UPS room on the first floor of the ground-plus two storey building, the official said. The first and second floors of the building were filled with smoke and patients in the nearest wards were shifted to safe places with the help of staff," officials said.
Some patients were shifted as smoke spread through the building while the fire was brought under control within one and a half hours, officials told PTI.
The blaze was doused after eight fire engines and six tankers were rushed to the spot. No injuries have been reported in the incident and patients in the nearest wards were shifted to safe places.