Officials added that no one was injured in the incident.
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- A blast and fire occurred in a transformer near AIIMS Trauma Centre in Delhi
- Delhi Fire Services received the call at 3:34 pm and sent eight fire tenders
- The fire was extinguished by 3:55 pm with no reported injuries
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New Delhi:
A blast followed by a fire in a transformer located near the Trauma Centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was reported on Thursday afternoon, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said.
He added that no one was injured in the incident.
"We received a call regarding a blast and a fire in an electric transformer at the AIIMS Trauma Centre at 3:34 pm. We rushed eight fire tenders to the spot. The fire was was doused by 3:55 pm. No one was injured," DFS chief Atul Garg said in a statement.
No immediate reaction was available from the AIIMS.
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