Fire Contained at Einstein Hospital’s Perdizes Unit in São Paulo After Precautionary Evacuation

Overview

• The fire affected the fourth floor, identified as an administrative area without patient circulation, according to initial reports.
• The São Paulo Fire Department was alerted at 8:55 a.m. and dispatched five teams with about 15 personnel.
• Patients were removed from the facility as a safety measure, and officials reported no injuries.
• Firefighters conducted smoke-ventilation and authorized a staged reopening of affected areas after control of the flames.
• The hospital’s internal brigade contained the fire before firefighters arrived, the institution said, at the unit located on Rua Apiacás near Avenida Sumaré.