Fire breaks out at Delhi’s AIIMS, no casualties
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Fire breaks out at Delhi’s AIIMS, no casualties

The fire broke out in the PC & Teaching Block of AIIMS at around 5 pm and 22 fire tenders were immediately dispatched to contain it.

   
Smoke billows out after a fire broke out at the teaching block of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Smoke billows out after a fire broke out at the teaching block of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences | Photo: Ravi Choudhary

New Delhi: A fire broke out at the AIIMS here on Saturday evening and 22 fire tenders were rushed to the site.

Dark plumes of smoke were seen billowing out from top of the premier health institute.

There was no immediate report of anyone being injured in the blaze.

A Delhi Fire Services official said that they received a call of fire in the PC and Teaching Block of the hospital at around 5 PM and 22 fire tenders were immediately dispatched to contain it.

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley is admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the cardio-neuro centre, housed in a different building in the complex.


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