US Edition‘No fire extinguishers, no water’: Was blaze at Jaipur hospital due to short-circuit or negligence?
- Six critically ill patients lost their lives after a fire broke out late Sunday night, October 5, 2025, in the trauma unit of the government-run SMS Hospital in Jaipur.
- Officials indicated that a blaze broke out in the storage section of the Neuro ICU, where eleven patients were under medical care, and a short circuit is suspected to have caused the incident.
- As smoke rapidly filled the area, confusion and alarm ensued while patients were relocated by staff and attendants; all fourteen individuals from another ICU were safely transferred to secure areas.
- According to Dr. Anurag Dhakad, a total of six people—four men and two women—lost their lives during the event, and officials named the victims as Pintu, Dilip, Shrinath, Rukmini, Khurma, and Bahadur.
- The state government launched an investigation into the cause while families and officials cited possible negligence and broader safety concerns for Indian hospitals.
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A tragic incident occurred at Sawai Mansingh Hospital in Jaipur. Seven patients died in a fire that broke out in the ICU located on the second floor of the hospital's trauma center. It is reported that the fire originated in the ICU's storeroom, where files were stored. After the storeroom door opened, the flames quickly spread inside the ICU.
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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