- Suspicious short circuit as a cause of Jaipur’s mortal fire.
- Blaze started in the Intensive Care Unit of the Sawai Man Singh Hospital
- Forensic equipment to determine the exact cause of the fire.
Nueva Delhi: A fire in the hospital caused by an alleged short circuit killed at least six patients in a trauma center at the largest state hospital in the northwest city of Jaipur in India, and wounded five, the authorities said on Monday.
The fire began in the Intensive Care Unit (UCI) of the Sawai Man Singh Hospital, “releasing toxic gases,” said Anurag Dhakad hospital official to ANI News agency, adding that a short circuit was the suspicious cause.
“Five patients are still critical,” he said, while 13 had been safely evacuated from the two hospital rooms in the capital of Rajasthan, which attracts patients from the entire state of the desert.
The fire brigade teams arrived within 20 minutes after the fire began on Sunday night at the ICU of Neurosurgery, Sushil Kumar Bhati Hospital Superintendent told the agency.
However, most of the hospital team was destroyed in the approximately two hours that the fire took under control. NDTV saying.
Jaipur Police Chief Biju George Joseph said that a forensic investigation would determine the exact cause.
The Rajasthan government, whose capital is Jaipur, has established a panel to investigate the cause, ANI saying.
He will study the hospital’s fire fighting agreements and management response, as well as measures to avoid similar incidents, the agency added.
Similar hospital fires have been blamed in India in short circuits in electronic equipment.
Ten newborns died of burns and suffocation after a fire in November in a neonatal intensive care unit in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
In May 2024, six newborns died in a fire in a baby care hospital in New Delhi, the capital.
