Massive fire breaks out at eye hospital in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar

On 5 June, a major fire broke out at a private eye hospital in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar.

"No one was injured in the incident," a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said. Police said it is suspected that a short circuit in an air conditioner on the ground floor of the two-storey building caused the fire.

Several videos of the hospital fire are doing the rounds on social media. One of the videos showed the hospital building engulfed in flames and thick plumes of smoke rising in the sky.

The call regarding the fire at Eye7 Chaudhary Eye Centre on Ring Road was received at 11.30 am and 12 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Later, more fire tenders were pressed into service, the officials said.

They said those inside the hospital rushed out as soon as the fire broke out.

Deputy chief fire officer S.K. Dua said a total of 20 fire tenders were deployed to douse the fire, which was controlled by 1.10 pm.

The raging flames spread to a cafeteria located on the third floor of an adjacent building but they were soon brought under control by firefighters, he said.

Another officer said a cooling operation was underway at the spot. All machines and furniture on both floors of the hospital were gutted in the fire, he said.