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Covid-19 patients die in fire at Indian hospital’s intensive care unit

An electrical short-circuit was blamed for the deaths in the city of Ahmedabad.

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A fire killed eight coronavirus patients at a hospital in western India, officials said.

Firefighters and 15 fire engines contained the fire to the intensive care unit at Shrey Hospital and it was extinguished in half an hour, fire officer Yusuf Khan said.

Thirty-five patients were shifted to other hospitals, he said.

Relatives of patients wait for news outside Shrey hospital (Ajit Solanki/AP)
Relatives of patients wait for news outside Shrey hospital (Ajit Solanki/AP)

He also said one paramedic was being treated for burns received while trying to douse the flames.

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