10 dead in fire at Ahmednagar district hospital in Maharashtra

Ten people have died in a fire at the Ahmednagar district hospital in Maharashtra on November 6.

"A total of 10 people died in a fire incident at Ahmednagar District Hospital," news agency ANI has reported quoting District Collector Rajendra Bhosale.

The collector further informed that the fire has now been brought under control. He also informed that fire might have been a result of a short circuit.

The incident took place in the ICU ward where 17 patients were undergoing treatment of which 10 have died, India Today has reported.

"All the deceased patients were undergoing treatment for COVID-19,” he added.

Shankar Misal, chief of the fire department of Ahmedanagar Municipal Corporation said the fire erupted around 11 am on Saturday.

Very shocking & disturbing news from Nagar
My deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in Nagar Civil Hospital ICU Fire incident.
Praying for speedy recovery of the injured.
In-depth inquiry should be conducted & strict action against all responsible people! https://t.co/aULpawsrmv

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) November 6, 2021

However, this is not the first time such an incident is reported.

Earlier, Fourteen people died after a fire broke out in the ICU at Vijay Vallabh COVID care hospital in Maharashtra's Palghar district around 3 am on April 23. The tragedy happened two days after 22 COVID-19 patients who were either on ventilator or oxygen support, suffocated to death when their oxygen supply stopped suddenly due to a malfunction in the main storage at a civic hospital in Nashik.

On May 1, at least 18 COVID patients were killed after a fire broke out in a hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch.

In March 2021, at least ten patients died and 70 others were evacuated after a fire broke out at Sunrise Hospital in the Dreams Mall building in the Bhandup area of Mumbai.