Hospital fire in Bubaneswar leaves at least 20 dead, 50 injured

A major fire broke out in the Sum Hospital in Bhubaneswar and the death toll is 20 with another 50 injured. It is a leading private healthcare institute in the city. The fire broke out in the dialysis ward on the second floor at around 7.30 pm.
A short circuit is suspected to have sparked the fire, which engulfed the entire floor within minutes.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 18 October 2016.

Ten fire tenders were deployed to bring the blaze under control.
This is the second such incident in the state in six months. The earlier one was on May 31 when a fire broke out at the state-run SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack. It was a providential escape for more than 100 patients when the cardiology department caught fire.


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