Kanpur: A fire broke out on Sunday morning in a part of the LPS Institute of Cardiology, located in the city’s Swarup Nagar area. There is currently no report of any casualty in this incident. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has constituted a three-member high-level committee to investigate the incident.
Swaroop Nagar police station president Ashwani Pandey said that a fire broke out at a store located on the ground floor of Cardiology Hospital at around 8:30 am from a short circuit. He said that all the patients have been safely evacuated from the wards located in the ground floor and a total of 175 patients have been taken to the safe ward. Pandey said that at present, arrangements have been made to take out the smoke by breaking the windows . He said that there is no information of any casualties in this incident at the moment.
Kanpur police commissioner Aseem Arun said that the fire had been brought under control. He said that prima facie, it appeared that the fire was caused by short-circuit.
“The Chief Minister has taken cognizance of the incident and has directed the district officials to arrange for treatment of patients in other hospitals. He has also set up a high-level committee comprising Principal Secretary (health) and DG Fire services to probe the incident. The committee will visit the site of the incident and submit its report. The Chief Minister has further directed all hospitals and medical facilities in the state to strengthen their firefighting equipment,” said Additional Chief Secretary (home) Avanish Awasthi.
