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| India Bhubaneswar hospital fire kills at least 19 | |
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| At least 19 people have died after a fire broke out in a hospital in eastern India, local police say. | |
| They say the fire started in the dialysis ward of the SUM hospital, a private facility in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha state. | They say the fire started in the dialysis ward of the SUM hospital, a private facility in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha state. |
| Dozens of patients were taken to other medical facilities in the city. | Dozens of patients were taken to other medical facilities in the city. |
| About 120 firefighters were mobilised to tackle the blaze, which was later brought under control. PM Narendra Modi said he was "anguished" by the fire. | About 120 firefighters were mobilised to tackle the blaze, which was later brought under control. PM Narendra Modi said he was "anguished" by the fire. |
| "We suspect the fire occurred due to an electric short circuit in the dialysis ward", Binoy Behera, a local fire services official, was quoted by the Times of India website as saying. | "We suspect the fire occurred due to an electric short circuit in the dialysis ward", Binoy Behera, a local fire services official, was quoted by the Times of India website as saying. |
| Most of the victims reportedly died from smoke inhalation. | Most of the victims reportedly died from smoke inhalation. |
| "We can confirm 19 deaths in the incident," Bhubaneswar police commissioner Yogesh Khurania told the AFP news agency. Another 106 are injured. Earlier reports had put the death toll at 23. | |
| Commissioner Khurania said that many of the injured were in critical condition and the death toll could rise further. | |
| Some frightened patients and hospital employees tried to jump out of the building's windows but were prevented from doing so by police, reports said | Some frightened patients and hospital employees tried to jump out of the building's windows but were prevented from doing so by police, reports said |
| "Deeply anguished by the loss of lives in the hospital fire in Odisha. The tragedy is mind-numbing. My thoughts are with bereaved families," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted. | "Deeply anguished by the loss of lives in the hospital fire in Odisha. The tragedy is mind-numbing. My thoughts are with bereaved families," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted. |
| In 2011, 89 people died in a fire that broke out in a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata. | In 2011, 89 people died in a fire that broke out in a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata. |