Newborn girl dies after fire at Telangana hospital

A newborn girl died after a fire broke out at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Adilabad, Telangana, The Hindu reports. Family members and attendants of patients recalled the moments when the fire began at the hospital. The incident prompted an evacuation, which the supplied material says helped prevent further loss of life.

The available information does not specify when the fire occurred, where inside the hospital it started or what caused it. It also does not give details about the newborn’s identity or the circumstances of her death. The recollections described the incident as horrific, while emphasising the prompt evacuation of people from the hospital.

The source material does not say how many patients, staff members or relatives were moved to safety. It also does not provide information about damage to the facility, the response of emergency services or any investigation into the cause of the fire. The Hindu’s supplied account establishes one fatality involving a newborn girl and says that evacuation prevented additional deaths.