Lucknow, April 14 -- Panic gripped the patients and attenders when a major fire broke out in Lok Bandhu hospital in Krishna Nagar area of the state capital Lucknow on Monday, police sources said here.
Police sources said that the incident took place late in the evening when fire broke out on the second floor of a block in the hospital.
"Local police and fire tenders rushed to the spot to control the fire. All the patients have been evacuated safely and no casualty or injury has been reported so far," they said.
A government spokesman said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognizance of the fire incident and took detailed information from the senior officials. "Senior officers have reached the spot along with the fire tenders...