Indian Express: A doctor fractured his legs when he jumped from the fifth floor of an AIIMS hostel in Masjid Moth after a room on the sixth floor was gutted early Friday. The incident took place shortly after the Delhi Fire Services submitted a report to the institute, pointing out gaps in fire preparedness. The report was commissioned after the AMRI fire in Kolkata.Sources said the fire was noticed around 3 am in a room on the sixth floor of the men’s hostel. It is suspected that a quilt fell on a room heater. The hostelier ran out and raised the alarm. “The guards tried to use extinguishers, but they did notImage Link Flickr
work. There was no fire alarm either,” Dr Debjyoti Karmakar, president of the AIIMS Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA), said. Even efforts at putting out the fire using a water hose came to naught. Finally, the blaze was extinguished by Fire department personnel. A K Sharma, Chief Fire Officer of Delhi Fire Services, said: “We have just submitted our report to AIIMS, pointing out loopholes in their fire safety measures.” Several fire escapes were blocked due to unauthorised construction work or carelessly discarded furniture. Structural changes have been advised as paths leading to buildings have been found to be too narrow for entry of fire tenders. Fire alarms and sprinklers were found non-functional. The report also recommended immediate upgradation of fire-fighting pumps. Source: Indian Express
