At least four people have died and more than 200 people evacuated after a fire erupted near the mortuary of the San Giovanni Evangelista hospital in Rome's Tivoli.
"Not a single patient has lost his/ her life... Chandigarh administration immediately swung into action, fire tenders reached the spot and the fire was doused," PGIMER Director said.
The fire incident occurred in the basement of the hospital at around 5 pm. On getting the information about the incident, the fire brigade rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control within time.
Twenty newborns were rescued by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) after a fire broke out in the room of a newborn hospital in Vaishali Colony, New Delhi, the police said on Friday.
According to Zhao Yang, an official at Beijing's fire department, "The blaze that engulfed an inpatient building of Changfeng Hospital was caused by sparks from interior renovation work that ignited flammable paint."
Chief Minister Hemant Soren tweeted in Hindi, "Deeply saddened by the news of the death of six people, including the famous doctor couple Dr. Vikas and Dr. Prema Hazra, in the late-night fire at Hazra Memorial Hospital in Dhanbad. May God grant peace to the departed souls and give strength t