Firefighters are fighting a fire at a kids’ hospital in New Delhi, India, on May 25, 2024.
Officials in New Delhi, India, said that a fire at a children’s hospital on Saturday caused the deaths of at least six newborn babies.
The Delhi Fire Services chief, Atul Garg, mentioned that they were able to rescue twelve newborns from the hospital, but unfortunately, six of them didn’t survive the fire.
Garg also shared that one of the rescued babies is in critical condition, and the other five are currently getting medical care.
Garg mentioned that the rescued babies haven’t been identified yet because their birth records haven’t been found. It’s unclear if the fire destroyed these records.
The Delhi Fire Services got a call about the fire at 11:32 p.m. local time, and nine fire trucks rushed to the hospital.
Rescue efforts are still happening, according to Garg. He added that the fire started in a nearby building, but they’re not sure what caused it. Video footage from the fire service shows the hospital’s lower and upper floors engulfed in flames.
In 2021, there was another hospital fire in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, where 10 newborn babies died.
Fire at Game Center Kills Over 20 People in India :
This picture shows what happened after the fire at the gaming arcade in Rajkot, Gujarat, India, on May 25.
Local officials in Rajkot, a city in western India, reported that at least 20 people died in a fire at an arcade on Saturday.
Raju Bhargava, the police commissioner of Rajkot, told broadcaster ANI that the fire is now under control, and rescue efforts are still happening.
“We’re trying to find as many bodies as we can. So far, about 20 bodies have been found, and they’ve been taken to the hospital for more investigation,” Bhargava said.
Gujarat’s Chief Minister, Bhupendra Patel, mentioned that the state government is creating a special team to investigate the incident.
This photo shows rescuers carrying the body of someone who died in the fire at the gaming arcade in Rajkot, India, on May 25.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his sadness about the incident in a post on X.
“The fire accident in Rajkot has made us all very sad. During my recent phone call with Gujarat CM Bhupendrabhai Patel Ji, he informed me about the efforts being made to help those affected,” he said.