Unexpected facts are coming to light one by one behind the huge fire that broke out at the Swarna Palace Hotel Covid Hospital in Peta, Vijayawada on Sunday morning. Nine people have died so far in the incident. Police and firefighters were able to rescue several coronavirus patients in a timely manner. The main reason for the increase in the number of deaths is because of suffocation.
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Hotel Swarna Palace, which was established as the Covid Care Center, is actually a hotel. It was about to close due to the lack of visitors because of the lockdown conditions. It is said that Ramesh Hospital has temporarily leased it and a Covid center was set up in this leased building. No changes or additions were made to it in accordance with hospital regulations.
As soon as the fires broke out, it spread throughout the building. The first fire broke out on the ground floor. Within seconds the fire had spread to the first floor. According to the families of the deceased, despite the fact that a fire broke out on the ground floor, neither the patients nor the staff could get out immediately. Having only one way to get to the ground floor, they could not get out as it was caught in the fire. As a result, they all opened the window panes and came out.
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With no other way to enter the hotel building, firefighters are said to have lowered the victims through ladders fitted in their vehicles. Arguments were heard at the scene that firefighters had to use ladders as there was no way to get in through the main gate. The government has announced huge compensation to the families of those killed in the incident. The families of the deceased will be compensated at the rate of Rs 50 lakh.
