Thirteen people died when a fire broke out Friday morning at a hospital treating Covid-19 patients in Virar in Palghar district of Maharashtra, a state worst affected in the coronavirus pandemic. Images tweeted by news agency ANI showed patients being shifted from the Vijay Vallabh Hospital. PTI adds the fire engulfed the intensive care unit (ICU) on the second floor of the four-storied hospital after 3 am. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at 5.20 am, according to an official. There were 17 patients in the ICU when the fire broke out, the official said. Vivekanand Kadam, who leads the District Disaster Control Cell, told PTI the fire started after an explosion in the AC unit of the ICU.