A fire broke out in a hospital dedicated to COVID-19 in Odisha’s Cuttack.
Bhubaneswar:
A fire broke out at a COVID-19 hospital in the Cuttack neighborhood of Odisha on Monday, firefighters said.
No loss of human life has been reported to date, said fire chief Satyajit Mohanty. A total of 127 coronavirus patients treated in hospital were evacuated and transferred to other medical services
establishments, he said.
The fire started in the afternoon in the ICU on the ground floor, said Mohanty.
Senior officials, including the Cuttack Police Deputy Commissioner, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation Commissioner and the District Chief Medical Officer, have arrived and are coordinating the rescue and evacuation operation.
