Dindigul: At least seven people including a child, three men and three women died after a major fire broke out at a private hospital in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul-Trichy Road on Thursday night, sources said.
On receiving the information, the officials of the fire department reached the spot and started to douse the flames. The department has been engaged in the process of evacuating the patients in the hospital.
Sources said that more than four fire engines are pressed into service and over ten ambulances have been used to transfer the patients to another hospital. In addition, the fire department, police and doctors are involved in the work of rescuing those stuck in the lift and sending them to the Dindigul Government Medical College Hospital.
District Collector MN Poongodi and Palani MLA IB Senthilkumar are inspecting the area where the incident took place. The cause of the incident has not been reported yet. An investigation into the matter is underway, police said.
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