NOIDA, May 22 -- A fire started in the basement of the Noida district hospital in Sector 39 early Wednesday, prompting hospital administration officials to shift around 25 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency ward (ER), which are located in the basement.

Fire and rescue officials later said the fire started in the server room in the basement, reportedly from a short-circuit. The fire was first noticed by a pharmacist on duty after he spotted smoke in the basement and he quickly informed the hospital management besides making a call on the emergency helpline 112, said officials.

"We got an emergency call at 3.55am that the basement of the district hospital had caught fire. As many as eight fire tenders were ru...