The fire broke out around 10.45 pm on Friday in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, possibly due to an electrical short circuit. A high-level probe has also been ordered into the incident.

A fire at Jhansi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh has resulted in the deaths of 10 newborns, causing national outrage. Officials, including PM Modi and President Murmu, expressed their condolences for the tragic incident believed to have originated from a short circuit in an oxygen concentrator.

There were 54 infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh when the fire broke out. Videos posted on social media showed doctors and medical staff evacuating patients by breaking the windows of the ward.

At least 10 children lost their lives, and 16 others sustained injuries in a massive fire that broke out at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh,