Baripada: A fire broke out in the technical room of the Red Cross Blood Bank due to short circuit in Baripada on Friday morning.
The fire broke out at at around 7 am at the blood bank. On noticing the fire, they employees informed the fire department.
On being informed, the three fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames.
Around 5 lakh equipment were gutted in the fire and it will take 3 days to normalise the whole situation and the patients will be affected. informs Blood bank in-charge Dr Soumya Ranjan Nayak.