Patients rescued from Surat hospital after major fire

SURAT: About 25 patients at the

Tristar hospital

were rescued following a

major fire

in the server room of the hospital on Wednesday evening.

Sources in the fire and emergency department of

Surat municipal corporation

(SMC) said that the fire had erupted at about 5pm at the Tristar hospital situated at Athwa Gate. The fire broke out in the server room due to the short circuit in the electrical apparatus.



Talking with TOI, chief fire officer,

Basant Pareek

said, “The fire erupted in the server room of the hospital and that the smoke travelled through the elevator on the top floors. The patients were immediately rescued by the fire fighters. The fire was brought under control within 20 minutes”

Pareek added, “There is no casualty in the incident and that the fire is under control.”