Fireplace Breaks Out At AIIMS Delhi; No Casualties Reported | India Information

A hearth broke out on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Thursday.

Smoke was detected round 5:15 pm on the service flooring of the Mom and Little one Block, following which hearth response groups have been instantly alerted. The in-house AIIMS hearth unit and the Delhi Fireplace Service (DFS) promptly reached the spot, ANI reported.

Delhi: Smoke was reported from the service flooring of Mom & Little one Block of AIIMS Delhi at 5.15 pm. Fireplace response groups have been instantly alerted and the in-house Delhi Fireplace Service Crew additionally reported to the location instantly. With the swift response of the AIIMS Fireplace Response…

— ANI (@ANI) August 14, 2025

In keeping with the report, the supply of the smoke was traced to a brief circuit within the indoor unit of an air conditioner put in in a laboratory on the service flooring. The state of affairs was shortly introduced below management, and no main evacuation was required.

All companies on the Mom and Little one Block are functioning usually, and affected person care actions weren’t affected, the report added.

Fireplace Security Issues

This comes amid ongoing considerations over hearth security gaps at AIIMS. The institute has been finishing up hearth security inspections and setting up preventive measures, equivalent to routine checks {of electrical} methods and firefighting gear.

Related Incident Reported at Trauma Centre Final Month

The incident comes simply over a month after a fireplace on the AIIMS Trauma Centre within the nationwide capital, the place an electrical transformer caught hearth.

The hearth was doused after the fireplace division dispatched no less than eight hearth tenders to the spot. Nobody was injured within the incident.

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