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Chhattisgarh: Five coronavirus patients killed in fire at Raipur hospital
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh for the families of the patients. 3 hours ago
Five coronavirus patients were killed in a fire at the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur city on Saturday,
The Times of India reported.
The fire broke out on the first floor of the hospital, where 34 patients were admitted. Nine of them were in the intensive care unit. A short circuit is believed to have caused the fire.
A supervisor saw smoke coming out of the intensive care unit and informed the hospital authorities, who alerted the police about the incident. The fire brigade and hospital staff rescued the patients. It took about an hour to extinguish the fire, the newspaper reported.