Ten newborn babies have been killed after a fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, authorities said. The fire broke out at a hospital in Jhansi city in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.

The babies died from burns and suffocation after a blaze swept through a neonatal intensive care unit in Jhansi.

At least 10 infants were killed when a fire broke out at a hospital in northern Indian Uttar Pradesh state, officials said Saturday. The fire erupted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Jhansi Medical College in the state's Jhansi district late Friday.

At least 10 newborn babies were killed in a fire that engulfed a neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The fire broke out at about 10.45pm (local time) on Friday at the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi city,

"My deepest condolences to those who have lost their innocent children in this. I pray to God to give them the strength to bear this immense loss," Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X. How did the fire break out Local authorities said the fire broke out at Jhansi city's Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College's neonatal intensive care unit around 10:45 pm local time (0515 GMT) on Friday.

Ten newborn babies have died after a fire swept through a neonatal intensive care unit at a hospital in northern India.The fire, which also injured 17 other babies, spread quickly through the ward in Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi city late on Friday,

At least 10 newborns have died in a fire at a hospital in northern India after a blaze broke out in the neonatal ward. Staff at the hospital in the town of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh state were able to break in and rescue 44 infants,

Expired fire extinguishers were discovered in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, following a blaze that claimed the lives of 10 newborns.