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PMREDDY19 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 for the People who lost their lives.. [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [b]Kolkata:[/b] Twenty people have died of suffocation in a massive fire that broke out in AMRI hospital in south Kolkata on Friday, West Bengal Health Minister Sudip Bandhyopadhyay told CNN-IBN. There was still no clarity on what caused the fire.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Nearly 25 fire tenders were working hard to evacuate all patients and staff. Even as reports said the fire has been doused, Fire Services Minister Javed Khan said that there was still fire in the basement.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] "Still there is fire in the basement, we are trying to control it. There are many oxygen cylinders and we have rescued many people," he said.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] "The number of injuries is still not known. The fire engulfed four floors of one of the buildings of the AMRI hospital in Dhakuria," an officer manning the city police control room told IANS over phone.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] The 161-bed hospital is located in Dhakuria in Kolkata.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Firemen using ladders smashed window panes in the facade to rescue patients trapped inside the ICU, ICCU, ITU and Critical Care units.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Fire Services Minister Javed Khan said the fire spread because of stocks of highly combustible material and it was still not under control.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] The hospital also did not have proper fire-fighting equipment, he said.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Fire brigade sources said that firemen were trying to locate oxygen cylinders stocked on the floors, as the fire could make them explode.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Thick smoke was hindering the operations, they said.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [i](With additional information from IANS and PTI)[/i][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [i]source:: [/i][url="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kolkata-fire-at-amri-hospital-casualties-feared/210119-3.html"]http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kolkata-fire-at-amri-hospital-casualties-feared/210119-3.html[/url][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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