After receiving the information, five fire tenders were sent to the sport and the fire was brought under control within an hour, said fire department officials.
"The fire broke out in a room of the Central Clinical Laboratory on the first floor of the old building of the government-run hospital," said Dr Abhijit Sharma, Superintendent, of Guwahati medical college.
Five fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze, officials said, adding that the fire was brought under control after more than two hours.
Talking to the media, Vijay Shekar, an official of the Fire Rescue Department Tamil Nadu said, "In these summer days we can see a lot of fire incidents and it's normal here. The 14th floor at the Terrace panel board caught fire due to Electric leakage."