14 Covid patients dead in Maharashtra hospital ICU fire
Updated Apr 24, 2021, 11:44 am IST
TV visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places
People inspect an ICU ward after a fire broke out in Vijay Vallabh COVID-19 hospital at Virar, near Mumbai, India, Friday, April 23, 2021.
Mumbai: At least 14 Covid patients died in a major fire at a Covid centre in Virar, Maharashtra s Palghar district, in the wee hours of Friday. The fire broke out at around 3 am in the ICU on the second floor of the four-storeyed Vijay Vallabh Hospital which had 17 Covid patients. According to the sources, the cause of fire seems to be a short circuit in an air conditioning unit of the hospital. The surviving patients under critical care have been moved to nearby hospitals in Mumbai.
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