Maharashtra Hospital Fire

A fire broke out at a scrap yard in Maharashtra's Pune district in the early hours of Tuesday, forcing evacuation of 19 patients from a hospital located nearby, a fire official said. No one was injured in the fire, he said.

A 56-year-old man who had set himself on fire outside the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan complex here on August 23 died on Monday while undergoing treatment in hospital, an official said.

A 35-year-old man here in Maharashtra set a woman ablaze over a dispute following which he also suffered burns and died, while the woman was battling for life in a hospital, police said on Tuesday.

A priest tried to immolate himself inside a church in Nashik in Maharashtra on Sunday when people present rescued him in time and rushed him to a nearby hospital, an official said.

Had staff members in the ICU of the Ahmednagar civil hospital in Maharashtra tried to rescue the patients when a fire broke out, they could have saved some more lives, a senior police officer said today.

A woman medical officer and three staff nurses were arrested on Tuesday by Ahmednagar police on charge of causing death by negligence, three days after eleven COVID-19 patients died in a fire in the ICU of the Ahmednagar civil hospital, police said.

Maharashtra Hospital Fire: Family members of the 11 COVID-19 patients, who died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Ahmednagar.

A senior fire officer of Maharashtra's Ahmednagar civic body on Sunday claimed the hospital where a major blaze killed 11 COVID-19 patients lacked various fire safety measures suggested by them.

Fire brigade personnel had hard time dousing the fire at the ICU of the Ahmednagar civil hospital in Maharashtra on Friday morning as they could not enter through the main entrance due to smoke, and the windows had grills over them.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a major fire that broke out in a hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar this morning.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday ordered an in-depth inquiry into the fire at Ahmednagar civil hospital, which claimed the lives of 10 COVID-19 patients.

Eleven patients have died after a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of the Civil Hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar this morning; one patient has been seriously injured.

Four patients died this morning after a fire broke out at a private hospital near Maharashtra's Thane, around 28km from state capital Mumbai. Several others were injured in the fire.

The Maharashtra government on Friday directed the district administrations to conduct oxygen and fire audits at all hospitals in the state.

Hours after the death of 14 coronavirus patients in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra, state health minister Rajesh Tope was asked by reporters if this matter would be raised at PM's meeting with chief ministers today. "Not national news," he said.

A fire broke out at a scrap yard in Maharashtra's Pune district in the early hours of Tuesday, forcing evacuation of 19 patients from a hospital located nearby, a fire official said. No one was injured in the fire, he said.

A 56-year-old man who had set himself on fire outside the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan complex here on August 23 died on Monday while undergoing treatment in hospital, an official said.

A 35-year-old man here in Maharashtra set a woman ablaze over a dispute following which he also suffered burns and died, while the woman was battling for life in a hospital, police said on Tuesday.

A priest tried to immolate himself inside a church in Nashik in Maharashtra on Sunday when people present rescued him in time and rushed him to a nearby hospital, an official said.

Had staff members in the ICU of the Ahmednagar civil hospital in Maharashtra tried to rescue the patients when a fire broke out, they could have saved some more lives, a senior police officer said today.

A woman medical officer and three staff nurses were arrested on Tuesday by Ahmednagar police on charge of causing death by negligence, three days after eleven COVID-19 patients died in a fire in the ICU of the Ahmednagar civil hospital, police said.

Maharashtra Hospital Fire: Family members of the 11 COVID-19 patients, who died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Ahmednagar.

A senior fire officer of Maharashtra's Ahmednagar civic body on Sunday claimed the hospital where a major blaze killed 11 COVID-19 patients lacked various fire safety measures suggested by them.

Fire brigade personnel had hard time dousing the fire at the ICU of the Ahmednagar civil hospital in Maharashtra on Friday morning as they could not enter through the main entrance due to smoke, and the windows had grills over them.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a major fire that broke out in a hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar this morning.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday ordered an in-depth inquiry into the fire at Ahmednagar civil hospital, which claimed the lives of 10 COVID-19 patients.

Eleven patients have died after a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of the Civil Hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar this morning; one patient has been seriously injured.

Four patients died this morning after a fire broke out at a private hospital near Maharashtra's Thane, around 28km from state capital Mumbai. Several others were injured in the fire.

The Maharashtra government on Friday directed the district administrations to conduct oxygen and fire audits at all hospitals in the state.

Hours after the death of 14 coronavirus patients in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra, state health minister Rajesh Tope was asked by reporters if this matter would be raised at PM's meeting with chief ministers today. "Not national news," he said.