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Someone was saying ‘evacuate the ward immediately’. He told TOI, “We immediately rushed to the hospital after getting the information. Upon opening my eyes, I found smoke everywhere in the ward so we rushed towards the exit door and came out of the hospital. Shahjahanpur: Patients in the labour room of the women’s ward in Shahjahanpur district hospital had a close shave when a fire broke out in an air conditioner installed there due to a short circuit on Thursday morning. The situation was controlled on time by the hospital staff and no casualty was reported.Sources said initially the fire broke out in the labour room and spread to the adjacent surgical ward..