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A fire Building 1 of the Federal Hospital of Bonsucesso, in the North Zone of Rio, around 9:40 am on Tuesday (27). According to the Fire Department, the flames were brought under control at 11:30 a.m., and crews were working after the aftermath. Around 12:20 pm, smoke was still coming out of the premises.
Corporate spokesperson, Lauro Botto I declare that no patient was injured in the flames or had intoxication, but noted that Building 1 “was compromised with flames and smoke.”
“We were able to evacuate patients before the fire and smoke reached the infirmary,” Botto said.
TV Globo discovered that the firefighters’ priority was to cool the wing, to prevent oxygen cylinders from explodingand prevent flames from spreading to other areas.
The Federal Hospital of Bonsucesso, on the banks of Avenida Brasil, is the largest health unit in RJ in terms of volume of services.
About 2,000 people walk behind the scenes every day, according to the press office.
Since last year, there has been at least one major fire and three other fire starts in hospitals in Rio, in addition to the case on Tuesday. (see below).
Patients taken to the tire repair shop
The patients withdrawn from the Federal Hospital of Bonsucesso were transferred to the tire repair shop – Photo: Playback / TV Globo
Near 200 patients were transferred for the areas of the complex itself – part service expected under a tree in the inner courtyard.
Some inmates were in the middle of treatment when they had to leave, others were intubated and there were some with Covid-19. (see video below).
Images show patients being taken from Bonsucesso Hospital during a fire
As the smoke spread, the management decided to empty it as well. building part 2, where they were admitted to the neonatal ICU and Maternity.
Some patients were taken on stretchers or mats to the Paiva Pneus River, which is next to the complex. (see video below).
“It was crazy here,” says a tire repair worker who received patients from the hospital
About 30 inmates were transferred to other units of the public network in Rio, such as Souza Aguiar, in the Center, Evandro Freire, in Ilha do Governador.
Firefighters use tools to break up the concrete structure and facilitate access to the site – Photo: Playback / TV Globo
The fire started underground
The fire started in the basement of Building 1 around 9:45 a.m. and spread through the warehouse, where the diapers were kept. In this building there are also rooms and X-ray rooms.
The hospital fire department arrived at the infirmary as soon as the flames began, two floors below, and organized the retreat.
Until the last update of this article, the cause of the fire was unknown.
Firefighters from five barracks were mobilized: Fundão, Ilha do Governador, São Cristóvão, Penha and Central.
At 11:15 am, a Fire Department helicopter landed on Avenida Brasil.
The Av Brasil side runway, towards Centro, was closed due to the landing of the Fire Department helicopter – Photo: Playback / TV Globo
A doctor who did not want to be identified said that some patients who underwent transplants on Monday night (26) needed to be rushed.
“They all came down, holding the patients on their laps. The smoke started to turn very black. He couldn’t get into the building anymore. I don’t know if he was a patient inside,” he said.
Firefighters fight fire at Rio’s Bonsucesso Hospital
The Federal Hospital of Bonsucesso has six wings.
- Building 1 (where the fire started): Emergencies, hospitalizations and imaging tests.
- Building 2: Center of attention to women, children and adolescents
- Building 3: Clinical Oncology and Medical Experience
- Building 4: Administration
- Building 5: Laboratory, study center and medical residence
- Building 6: Ambulatory
Fire in the Federal Hospital of Bonsucesso, in the North Zone of Rio – Photo: Reproduction
2019 hospital fire killed 25 patients
In September 2019, a fire hit the Badim Hospital, in Maracaná, North Zone of Rio, and caused the death of 25 patients. No deaths were due to burns, most of them due to smoke inhalation and complications from electrical power outages following the power outage in the building.
In November of last year a fire broke out at the Balbino Hospital, in Olaria, also in the North Zone. The fire reportedly started on the seventh floor of the hospital, in an administrative room where there were no patients, and was quickly brought under control.
This year, twice the patients were scared at the Lourenço Jorge Municipal Hospital, in Barra da Tijuca, in the West Zone. In the early morning of October 1, a short circuit in the circuit breaker started a fire, which was controlled by the unit’s employees, even before the arrival of firefighters.
The next day, again a lot of smoke and a strong smell of burning led to the emergency evacuation of the unit. However, on the second day, the Municipal Health Department denied the beginning of the fire and reported that the entire electrical panel of the unit was checked.
