At least six people were murdered in a fire at a private hospital in southern India on Friday, according to police, while over two dozen others were injured.
Due to a paucity of firefighting supplies and a habitual disrespect for safety rules, building fires are frequent in India.
The cause of the late Thursday night fire in Tamil Nadu, a state in the south, is still being looked into.
According to the Press Trust of India news agency, the six victims were discovered unconscious in an elevator at the hospital in Dindigul.
About 30 individuals were hurt, but all were “stable,” police superintendent A. Pradeep told AFP.
According to the Times of India newspaper, the fire began in the ground-level reception room and quickly spread to the other floors.
Only a few weeks had passed since a hospital in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh was destroyed by fire, killing ten newborns.
Six newborns were murdered in a similar fire that started at a children’s hospital in New Delhi earlier this year.
In May, a fire at a crowded amusement park arcade in the western state of Gujarat killed at least 27 people, including several children.
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