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Noida Hospital Fire: A massive fire broke out at the ground floor of the four-storeyed Sumitra Hospital in Noida Sector 35 on Friday. The incident took place at around 6:30 AM in the record room of the hospital. Two employees sustained injuries; however, there was no loss of life.

Panick ensued on the ground floor following the blaze, and people started moving out of the building after seeing the smoke coming out. The patients, who were on the first and second floors, were evacuated immediately.

Soon, the fire brigade team arrived at the hospital and extinguished the fire in about half an hour with the help of six vehicles. There was no loss of life, but two employees sustained injuries while breaking the glass with their hands.

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Chief Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar Choubey said, "Immediate action was taken on receiving information about the fire in the hospital. The fire broke out in the record room on the ground floor, which was closed at the time of the incident. Six vehicles with the fire brigade team arrived at the spot and extinguished the fire."

The fire broke out due to a short circuit in the hospital, Jagran.com reported. Once the fire was extinguished, the smoke was taken out with the help of a smoke extraction system.

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A similar incident took place at Metro Hospital of Noida Sector-12 on Wednesday after a fire broke out in the physiotherapy department of the hospital. Though there were no casualties, the fire was extinguished within an hour. The cause of the fire was a short circuit, similar to that which happened in Sumitra Hospital.