Rajasthan: Fire breaks out at Dungarpur Medical College; 12 children rescued

The incident happened at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) ward of Dungarpur Medical College. As many as 12 children were rescued after a fire broke out at the medical college on Saturday night, said officials.

At Rajasthan's Dungarpur Medical College, a fire broke out on Saturday night. The incident happened at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) ward of Dungarpur Medical College. A total of 12 children were rescued during the incident.

"The fire occurred in the newborn ward, but the fire team was able to evacuate the children," said Fire Safety Officer Babulal Chaudhary.

"We got the information from the hospital about the fire incident in the newborn ward. I went with my team along with three vehicles. There was smoke, but we doused off the fire & safely evacuated the children," he said.

The Medical Superintendent of the college, Dr Mahendra Damor said that the fire was doused by three fire tenders and 12 children were rescued.

"A fire broke out at the NICU ward of Dungarpur Medical College. Around twelve children were rescued. The fire was doused by 3 fire tenders," he said, as reported by NDTV.

A few weeks ago, a massive fire broke out at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital in a room of the Central Clinical Laboratory on the first floor of the old building of the government-run hospital. There were no casualties in the incident as all patients were evacuated immediately.

The college's Superintendent Dr Abhijit Sarma said it is possible that an electric short circuit is the cause of the fire. The fire broke out in a laboratory room and a few types of equipment, and one fridge were damaged. 

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