Lucknow, India (AP) — A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, authorities said.
The fire occurred late Friday at a hospital in Jhansi city, Uttar Pradesh state.
Brajesh Pathak, the deputy chief minister of the state, visited the hospital and met with families on Saturday.
Rescuers had to break through windows to reach the newborn babies.
In May, at least six newborn babies died in a fire at a children’s hospital in New Delhi, three years after a hospital fire in the western state of Maharashtra killed 10 newborns.
Persons:
Bimal Kumar Dubey, Brajesh Pathak, “, ”, Naresh Kumar, Akhtar Hussain, CNN’s Manveena Suri, Kathleen Magramo
Locations:
Lucknow, India, Jhansi city, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, Maharashtra