Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Bareilly Hospital Fire Prompts Evacuation of Patients
A fire started on the top floor of a hospital in Bareilly on Saturday morning.
It happened around 10 a.m., when many people were there for hospital services.
Smoke spread through the building and frightened patients, relatives and workers.
Relatives and staff helped move patients, including very sick people on stretchers.
About 100 patients and attendants were in the ICU and other wards.
Police and firefighters arrived and stopped the fire in about 30 minutes.
The hospital used ambulances to take patients to nearby hospitals.
Officials think an electrical short circuit may have started the fire, but they are still investigating.
The reports also describe an earlier NICU fire in Amravati in which three infants died and six others were treated.
A fire broke out around 10 a.m. Saturday in a top-floor room of Bareilly’s five-storey Navodaya Hospital.
Thick smoke spread through the building as alarms triggered panic among patients, attendants and staff.
Relatives and hospital workers evacuated patients, including critically ill people moved on stretchers; about 100 patients and attendants were inside.
Police and fire brigade teams controlled the blaze in around 30 minutes, after which ambulances moved all patients to nearby hospitals.
Officials suspect a short circuit in an MCV box, but the exact cause remains under investigation; the reports also mention a separate fatal NICU fire in Amravati.
- Who
- Patients, attendants, hospital staff, police and fire brigade teams; about 100 patients and attendants were reportedly inside the hospital.
- What
- A fire broke out on the top floor of Navodaya Hospital, prompting rescue operations and evacuation of all patients.
- When
- Saturday morning, at around 10 a.m.
- Where
- Navodaya Hospital in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- A short circuit in an MCV box is suspected, but officials are investigating the exact cause.
- Hospital
- Navodaya Hospital, a five-storey building
- Fire location
- A room on the top floor
- People present
- Around 100 patients and attendants were in the ICU and other wards
- Response
- Police and fire brigade teams brought the fire under control in around 30 minutes
- Evacuation
- All patients were shifted by ambulance to nearby hospitals
- Suspected cause
- A short circuit in an MCV box
- Related Amravati fire
- A separate NICU fire reportedly killed three infants; six others were undergoing treatment
