Fire breaks out at Mumbai hospital two days after blaze killed 9 people

Two days after a massive fire at ESIC Kamgar Hospital at Marol in suburban Andheri killed nine people, another blaze broke out at the same facility late Wednesday evening, a senior civic official said.

Nobody was injured in the fire, which was reported at 7.54 pm, the official from Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

"The fire erupted at an electric box in ESIC Hospital premises at 7.54 pm. All the agencies, including fire brigade, police, ambulance service were rushed to the spot," he said, adding that the fire brigade team managed to bring the blaze under control.
 

"It was extinguished at 8.34 pm," he said.

Following Monday's blaze, the entire hospital had been vacated. Monday's incident had left nine people dead and injured 175 others, including some children, who are currently undergoing treatment at various hospitals across the city.

Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil visited the hospital on Wednesday and slammed the government saying it has not learnt any lesson from the Kamala Mill fire in December last year, which had claimed 14 lives.

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