Banerjee, whose Kalighat home is about two kilometres away from the hospital, rushed to SSKM soon after the fire broke out.
Nineteen fire tenders were pressed into service to bring the blaze under control, fire brigade officials said.
“Fire brigade officials will conduct an investigation into the cause of the fire to find out whether the blaze had been started by someone or whether it was an accident,” the chief minister said.
Banerjee said that since SSKM is a big hospital, a permanent fire station would be set up by tomorrow within the complex with two fire tenders and a ladder.
Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy: india.com
