All of those who died at the hospital in Maharashtra state were aged between a few days and three months. Ten babies were killed in a maternity unit in the Indian state of Maharashtra early on Saturday when fire tore through a major hospital, Al Jazeera reports.
Staff rescued seven of the newborn infants at the Bhandara district hospital but were forced back before they could get to the 10 others, Pramod Khandate, a senior doctor, told AFP news agency.
All of those who died were aged between a few days and three months, according to reports.
“The cause of the fire is not known yet but our staff extinguished the fire as soon as they could. The smoke led to the babies suffocating,” Khandate said.
Nurses on duty noticed a fire coming from the hospital’s neonatal unit and raised the alarm.
The fire brigade stopped the blaze from spreading to other parts of the hospital and other patients were moved to safety.
