Fire at Children's Hospital Lahore extinguished after seven hours
Pakistan
The fire had erupted at the third floor of the building.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Fire erupted at Children’s Hospital pharmacy storage on Saturday has been extinguished by the firefighters after seven hours.
As per details, the fire erupted at the third floor of the building and 7 rescue cars were trying to extinguish the fire with full strength. While the rescue team said that the investigations will be done to see if anyone lit the medicine store on purpose.
Medicine stock worth of millions turned into ashes on the third floor. While firefighters were trying to eliminate the combustion from one side of the building.
After eliminating the fire, police will collect clues for the forensics. All departments will be included in the investigation including MS, DMS and the security guards, said the officials.
Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz directed secretary health to submit a report of the incident after detailed investigation while he also urged the authorities to find culprits behind the incident.
While the operations scheduled in the hospital for today got cancelled.
Rescue 1122 was using the help of a crane to eliminate the fire. However, no loss of life was reported.
As per sources, the OPD was closed by the authority due to the fire while patients and their families were stuck outside the emergency department.
