Fire breaks out at Virar COVID-19 hospital; 13 patients dead
Mirror Online / Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 09:41 IST
Mumbai: A major fire broke out at a
COVID-19 centre in Virar in the neighbouring
Palghar district in the wee hours of Friday.
According to the Corona Control Room of the
Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation, at least 13 patients have succumbed to the blaze.
As per the preliminary information, the fire broke out in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Vijay Vallabh COVID care hospital around 3 am. The fire was reportedly preceded by an explosion in the AC unit of the ICU.
Soon after, the affected patients were shifted to nearby hospitals.
Maharashtra CM orders probe into Palghar hospital fire incident ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 09:08 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 23 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has ordered an inquiry into the major fire incident at Vijay Vallabh COVID care hospital in the Virar area of Palghar district which led to the death of 13 patients.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray ordered an inquiry into the fire incident at Vijay Vallabh COVID care hospital in Virar, Chief Minister s Official statement said. The cause of the fire should be properly investigated.He also directed the administration to immediately inquire whether the fire safety was adequate and whether it was a private hospital, the statement added.
Fire At Covid Hospital: 13 ICU Patients Dead Published by GulteDesk April 23, 2021
At least 13 patients died on Friday after a fire broke out at an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a COVID hospital in the Virar area of Maharashtra’s Palghar district. The incident took place around 3:30 am on the second floor of the facility, the Corona Control Room, Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation informed. Three fire tenders of the Virar Fire Brigade reached the spot to douse the fire. It was extinguished by 5:20 am.
Other COVID patients are being shifted to nearby hospitals. Further details are awaited.
This Tragic incident comes just days after 24 COVID-19 patients lost their lives after an oxygen tanker leaked outside Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik, Maharashtra.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 23 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Friday said that the fire incident at Vijay Vallabh COVID care hospital in the Virar area of Maharashtra's Palghar district in which 13 patients loss their lives is 'not national news'.