Fire breaks out in Kolkata hospital, no casualties
According to reports, the fire was first noticed at around 10 am at Pediatric Ward which is located on the fifth floor of hospital's Centenary Building.
As many as three fire tenders, local police and Disaster Management Group (DMG) personnel rushed to the scene and firemen fought for nearly an hour to douse the blaze.
A local police official confirmed that no casualty was reported in the incident.
However. fire department and police have started probe into the reason behind the fire.
"After preliminary investigation, we are suspecting that the fire might have started due to a short circuit in a switch board," an official of state fire and emergency department told IBNS.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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