Maharashtra: 10 Infants killed in fire at Pune hospital, probe ordered

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Ten newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of the hospital in the early hours on Saturday while seven new born babies were rescued. After the tragic death of 10 infants in a district hospital in Maharashtra's Bhandara on Saturday, India Today's Pankaj Khelkar takes stock of Pune district hospital. Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Saturday said the cause of the fire incident at the Bhandara district hospital in which ten infants died will be investigated by experts from the National Fire Service College (NFSC) and the VINT in Nagpur.