A fire broke out during repair work at a hall in Surat’s New Civil Hospital on Friday after a short circuit occurred during electrical work, damaging cabling, furniture, windows and doors. No patients were present in the affected section and no casualties were reported.
The hall was being prepared to accommodate the hospital’s records department. Electrical work was underway when a central air-conditioning duct was being cut. According to the report, a short circuit occurred during the process and triggered the fire.
Material kept inside the hall caught fire, prompting hospital authorities to call the Surat Fire and Emergency Services for assistance. At least six firefighters joined the operation to contain the blaze.
Firefighting operations continued for about one to one-and-a-half hours before the fire was brought under control. The incident caused concern on the hospital campus, but the affected area did not contain patients at the time of the fire.
The damage reported from the hall included electrical cabling and furniture. Windows and doors were also broken to release smoke from the building, adding to the physical damage caused during the incident and the firefighting response.
The hall’s planned use for the records department places the incident within an ongoing repair and restoration process at the hospital. The supplied report does not specify whether the records relocation schedule or other hospital services will be affected. It also does not provide details of any further inspection or inquiry into the electrical work.
The immediate response ended after Surat Fire and Emergency Services controlled the blaze. Further information on repairs, safety checks and the next steps for preparing the hall was not included in the report.
