10 Covid-19 patients died in a fire at Maharashtra hospital

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Pune: In a tragic incident, at least 10 coronavirus patients were killed after a major fire broke out in the ICU ward of the civil hospital in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar on Saturday.

Ahmednagar district collector Rajendra Bhosale confirmed that 10 patients died and one patient was critical after the blaze erupted in the ICU section of the civil hospital, where Covid patients were admitted.

The fire erupted around 11 am and many vehicle were deputed to control blazes of fires, said fire department officials.