10 children killed in massive fire at Newborn Care Unit in Maharashtra s Bhandara
The fire broke out at around 2 am in the wee hours of Saturday (January 9). (Representative image)
Updated: Jan 9, 2021, 08:01 AM IST
10 children died after a massive fire broke out at a Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of a hospital in Maharashtra s Bhandara district. The fire broke out at around 2 am in the wee hours of Saturday (January 9), Zee News reported. 17 children were present in the ward at the time of the incident, out of which seven were rescued.
All the infants were between a month and three months old, according to sources cited by news agency PTI.