18 December,2012 03:30 PM IST | | Agencies
"No one was injured as hospital authorities evacuated patients as well as the attendant and the medical staff immediately after sparks, following a possible short-circuit, were noticed," a police official said.
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"We have shifted all the patients to a government-run guest house where all the medical facilities are also being made available. The fire started in a pharmacy located in the hospital. The fire spread from there," GMC dean V.N. Jindal told IANS.
The top official said: "A probe has been ordered into the incident."
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"The officials are in the process of assessing the damage caused by the fire," a fire department official said.
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