Ahmedabad: Massive fire broke out at Denim factory in Ahmedabad on Saturday morning. 17 firefighters have been pressed into service and one fire personnel is injured. Preliminary investigation suggests that short circuit might have triggered the fire.
A blaze in the wee hours at a private hospital in Ahmedabad left eight COVID-19 patients dead, a fire brigade official had said on Thursday.
The victims include five men and three women, who were being treated at the ICU ward of the COVID-19 designated Shrey Hospital in Navrangpura area of Ahmedabad, the official had said.
Fire broke out around 3.30 am on Thursday, he had said.
Around 40 other COVID-19 patients at the facility were rescued and shifted to a civic hospital in the city, he said.
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"Eight coronavirus patients admitted in the ICU ward of Shrey Hospital have died due to the fire, which has been doused," said an official of the Ahmedabad Fire Department.
The cause of the fire is not known yet, he said.
With 1,073 new coronavirus positive cases, Gujarat's COVID-19 tally reached 66,777 on Wednesday. The number of deceased has gone up to 2,557, an official said.
