35 patients evacuate as fire hits Tagbilaran Community Hospital
At the Tagbilaran City Community Hospital, 35 patients ere evacuated when an air conditioning unit in the X-ray room caught fire. The fire happened at exaclty 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon on November 19, 2008 (Wednesday).
The staff of the said hospital helped to extinguish the fire as to avoid damage to the X-ray equipment. While the firemen arrived to help in the situation. Senior Fireman Chief Bautista said that according to an investigation, the cause of the fire was a system overload. The aircon wirings had an interconnection with the electrical lines for the lighting, appliances and hospital equipment. The X-ray wiring was badly burned.
Bautista recommends a re-wiring of the entire hospital, and that the aircon wiring should have its own electrical line.
