At least 14 infants were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad on Wednesday, the prime minister said, with local media blaming the tragedy on a fault in the air conditioning system.The blaze started around 7am at the Pakistan-institute-of-medical-sciences" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="190266" data-entity-type="location">Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, on the third floor of the hospital’s mother and child health ward, said broadcaster Geo TV, which put the death toll at 15.Islamabad chief commissioner Sohail Ashraf said on social media that rescue teams, specialists, police and himself “immediately reached the site and controlled the fire”.
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At least 14 newborns die in Pakistan hospital fire triggered by air-con fault
At least 14 newborns died in a fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad on Wednesday. The blaze, which began around 7 am on the third floor of the mother and child health ward, is reportedly attributed by local media to a fault in the air conditioning system.
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At least 14 newborns died in a fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad on Wednesday. The blaze, which began around 7 am on the third floor of the mother and child health ward, is reportedly attributed by local media to a fault in the air conditioning system. Rescue teams, specialists, and police responded to the incident and controlled the fire. The Prime Minister confirmed the death toll, with one broadcaster reporting 15 infant fatalities.
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Rescue teams, specialists, police and the chief commissioner immediately reached the site and controlled the fire.
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The blaze started around 7am on the third floor of the hospital’s mother and child health ward.
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At least 14 newborns died in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad.
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The fire was triggered by a fault in the air conditioning system.
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