Jaipur hospital where 6 died in ICU blaze has history of fire incidents — from operating theatre to microbiology lab | India News – The Indian Express

Just this year, fires broke out in the emergency OT and an under-construction building inside the campus of SMS Hospital.

Jaipur’s SMS Hospital, where flames tore through an ICU on Sunday night and claimed six lives, has witnessed several fire incidents over the years — in operating theatres, the microbiology lab, the drug store, and even unfinished buildings within the hospital campus.

Each time, alarms were raised and inquiries undertaken, but the hospital moved on.