NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMADANAGAR, NOV 6
Even as the Supreme Court had directed the Centre and state governments to implement fire safety norms in hospitals and probing the case suo moto, a massive fire broke out at a hospital in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar, killing ten Covid-19 patients. The incident took place in the Intensive Care Unit of the Civil Hospital in Ahmadnagar.
District Collector Rajendra Bhosale confirmed that 10 persons have passed away due to the fire. The cause of the fire remains unknown.
10 patients died after a fire broke out in a #Covid19 hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar
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— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) November 6, 2021
According to reports, the ICU had 25 patients at the time the fire broke out.
Anguished by the loss of lives due to a fire in a hospital in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 6, 2021
महाराष्ट्र के अहमदनगर के सिविल अस्पताल में आग लगने से हुई हृदयविदारक दुर्घटना से अत्यंत व्यथित हूँ। दुःख की इस घड़ी में मेरी संवेदनाएं शोक संतप्त परिवारों के साथ हैं व ईश्वर से घायलों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की प्रार्थना करता हूँ।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) November 6, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home minister Amit Shah and BJP minister DevendraFadnavis also tweeted about the incident.
NCP leader Nawab Malik said that the matter will be investigated.
“It will be investigated if the fire audits were conducted or not. In case it was done, then how did the fire begin and in case a fire audit was not conducted? Then who is responsible? All of this will be investigated,” Malik said, reports News18.