While one patient was burnt alive, four others died of suffocation due to the fire at a private hospital in Raipur on Saturday.

A fire broke out at the hospital’s ICU unit located on the second floor at 8.10 pm on Friday, officials said. The incident occurred in the city’s Wadi locality

A group of eight doctors and nurses completed the operation in two hours before removing the patient to another site.

Around 50 patients were immediately shifted to others wards with the help of hospital staff.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the incident and directed that the evacuated patients be provided immediate care.

At least 9 patients admitted at Mumbai’s Sunrise Hospital died after a fire broke out in the area late on Thursday

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said strict action will be taken against those found responsible for the fire.

The fire reportedly broke out at a special ward in the Bhandara district general hospital, Maharashtra during the early hours on Saturday, killing 10 infants

'Such a thing should not happen to anyone.... children should live and should be playing,' baby's father said

CM Uddhav Thackeray, who has ordered a probe into the incident will be visiting Bhandara civil hospital today, and will also meet hospital staff and parents of the victims

Speaking to reporters, former chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said security guards used a ladder to rescue the seven infants.

There were 17 babies in the hospital in Maharashtra's Bhandara district, 7 were rescued by the fire brigade.

No casualties have been reported so far, and the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

About 30-35 patients were rescued and shifted to local hospitals, said Vaibhav Krishna, senior superintendent of police, Gautam Buddha Nagar.

In India, hospitals are also tinder boxes where the lack of fire safety measures snuff out life.

Monday's incident has brought back chilling memories of Calcutta's AMRI hospital fire in December 2011, that claimed lives of 92 people.

Reports say the possible cause of the fire was a short circuit in a window AC unit on the ground floor of the five-storey structure.

As many as 147 people, including patients, were trapped inside when the fire broke out at ESIC Kamgar Hospital at Marol in suburban Andheri.