Fire at state-run hospital in Kolkata, no casualty

Kolkata, Aug 29 (PTI) A fire broke out at the state-runSambhunath Pandit Hospital here today, the second suchincident in a medical facility in the state in three days. No one was injured in the incident, the police said. The fire at Sambhunath Pandit Hospital in the heart ofthe city’s southern part broke out in its library in thesecond floor of a building at the facility at 11.48 AM, firebrigade officials said. Six fire tenders were pressed into service and the firewas brought under control within 15 minutes, the officialssaid. A major fire and a stampede had occurred in state-runMurshidabad Medical College and Hospital on Saturday whichclaimed two lives and left seven others injured. The West Bengal government had ordered a CID probe intothe cause of the blaze and the stampede at Mursidabad. PTI AMRMMDV