Shimla3 hours ago
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A fire broke out on Thursday morning at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. The fire broke out due to a blast in a gas cylinder in the canteen. The explosion of the cylinder caused a loud explosion and the spark caught fire. On hearing the sound of the explosion, there was a stampede among the patients and the attendants.
Black smoke coming out of the hospital, seeing which panic spread among the people.
people ran outside due to the fire
It is being told that all the patients started running out of the hospital. At the same time, the hospital security guard reached the spot and tried to extinguish the fire. Although the fire has been stopped from spreading, but on the information about the fire, the vehicles of the fire brigade reached the spot and are trying to extinguish the fire completely.
Canteen on the 11th floor of the hospital
Apart from this, teams of administration and police have also reached the IGMC campus. It is being told that the fire broke out in the canteen built on the 11th floor of IGMC. According to the information so far, there has been no loss of life in this fire, but due to the rise of flames and smoke, there is chaos all around.