Patna Fire: This one mistake took the lives of 6 people. Pal Hotel Fire | Bihar News | Fire News | breaking news
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00:00In Patna, the capital of Bihar, in front of the Railway Junction, in Bahumanzila Pal Hotel,
00:07a terrible fire broke out on Thursday morning.
00:10This fire also took hold of three nearby hotels.
00:14Six people have died in the incident.
00:18Three women and three men are among the dead.
00:22Many people have also been injured.
00:24All of them have been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
00:28Some official statements have also been made about the number of dead and injured.
00:34Patna's City SP Central has said that six people have died in this incident.
00:41On the other hand, 18 people have been taken to the hospital in a burning and injured state.
00:47Twelve of them have been admitted to the ICU immediately.
00:51Three of them are said to be in very critical condition.
00:55When the fire broke out, many people were present in the hotel at that time.
01:00DG Fire Shobha Ahodkar said that within a few minutes of getting the information,
01:06several fire trucks had reached the scene and started extinguishing the fire.
01:12With the help of the 51 fire brigade vehicles,
01:15the fire could be controlled after almost two hours of hard work.
01:21About 35 people have been rescued from the hotel and nearby buildings.
01:26The incident of the fire created a chaotic atmosphere in the entire area.
01:32A person from the hotel staff said that there was a fire in the gas cylinder in the hotel.
01:38A new cylinder was brought to make fast food.
01:43It was already a leak.
01:45That's when the fire started.
01:49The staff tried to extinguish the fire at their level,
01:54but the fire could not be controlled.
01:57Then the fire information was given to the fire brigade team.
02:01The first two units reached the Damkal team at the scene.
02:04The fire was so intense that it was contacted by the nearby fire station.
02:11After this, vehicles were also ordered from Kankar Bagh Lodhipur Fire Station.
02:16With the help of a total of about 51 fire brigade vehicles,
02:20the fire could finally be controlled.
02:23On the occasion, the Chief Executive of Home Guards and Fire Services, Shobha Ahodkar,
02:29said that we have audited more than 16,000 hotels and this is still going on.
02:36He also told some special directors of the fire audit.
02:41He said that some hotels are following this,
02:45but many people, many hotels are hesitating to follow it.
02:50This incident has only happened due to carelessness.
02:53Due to the high winds, both the hotels on the right side of the Pal Hotel were also caught in this fire.
03:01Till now, crores of rupees have been lost.
03:04Life and property have been damaged.
03:06A case has been registered in the police station against the owners of the hotel.
03:12The station is on fire.
03:14On this information, we immediately,
03:17we immediately came running to the fire station in the same situation.
03:24After that, we mobilized our fire resource.
03:29After mobilizing, we reached here.
03:32And our firemen very quickly, with a lot of courage and determination,
03:38in the midst of this terrible incident, in the midst of this terrible fire,
03:42this hydraulic platform was installed.
03:45They climbed from the top of it to the top and hit the water.
03:49They hit the water and cooled the fire.
03:51We have rescued about 20 to 30 people so far.
03:59For more information, visit www.fema.gov