Doctor Couple Among 6 Killed in Massive Fire in Hospital of Jharkhand’s Dhanbad

Dhanbad: At least six persons including two doctors died of suffocation during a massive fire accident at Hazra Hospital in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad, on Friday night. Firefighters were able to rescue nine persons. The deceased doctors were Dr Vikas Hazra and his wife Dr Prema Hazra. Some other employees of the hospital were among the victims of this fire accident.

According to sources, a fire broke out on the 2nd floor of the hospital. A short circuit is suspected to be the reason behind this fire accident. In no time the fire spread out to the first floor. Most of the victims were sleeping in the first floor. They did not get the chance to save themselves, police sources said.

It is alleged that this hospital did not have proper fire fighting equipment to douse the fire. Initial findings show that all the victims of this fire accident died of asphyxiation in the smoke-filled room where they were sleeping.

According to the fire department personnel, there was no special security arrangement to prevent the fire in the hospital. Even the antifire machine was not active.