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‘No fire extinguishers, no water’: Was blaze at Jaipur hospital due to short-circuit or negligence?
A suspected short circuit caused the fire that killed six critical patients in the trauma ICU of Jaipur's largest state-run hospital, prompting a high-level safety investigation.
- Late Sunday night, a blaze engulfed the trauma centre ICU at Sawai Man Singh Hospital, Jaipur, killing six critically ill patients amid rapid smoke spread and chaos.
- According to hospital officials, a suspected short circuit in a locked Neuro ICU storeroom triggered the blaze around 11.20 p.m., releasing toxic gases from stored papers and equipment.
- Hospital staff and patient attendants evacuated patients urgently, moving them and their beds to the street, while firefighters arrived within 20 minutes and controlled the fire in roughly two hours.
- The state government has constituted a six-member high-level committee chaired by Iqbal Khan to investigate the fire, while Bhajanlal Sharma ordered a thorough probe and pledged relief to affected families.
- Relatives and protesters alleged staff fled after warnings, and Sachin Pilot said, `This disaster has undoubtedly been caused due to negligence in one of the state's most renowned hospitals`, amid 105 hospital blazes since 2020.
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Hospital fire kills at least 6 patients in India’s Jaipur, officials say
A hospital blaze caused by a suspected short-circuit killed at least six patients in a trauma centre at the largest state-run hospital in India’s northwestern city of Jaipur, and injured five, officials said on Monday. The fire began in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sawai Man Singh Hospital, “releasing toxic gases”, hospital official Anurag Dhakad told the ANI news agency, adding that a short-circuit was the suspected cause. “Five patient…
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