There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the ICU, when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said. The dead include five women and eight men.
TV visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places, beds and other furniture strewn around and kin of the deceased wailing outside the hospital.
The fire broke out in the ICU on the second floor of the four-storeyed Vijay Vallabh Hospital at Virar shortly after 3 am, an official said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at 5.20 am, he added.
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Bombay HC takes suo motu cognizance of Nashik Oxygen leak incident ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 14:06 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 23 (ANI): The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the NashikOxygen leak incident in which 24 people lost their lives.
The court has asked the state government to file a reply on it.
As many as 24 people died in the oxygen tanker leakage incident at Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital in Maharashtra s Nashik district on Wednesday. Death toll rises to 24. There was no negligence by the Corporation. A high-level committee has been set up to probe the incident, said Nashik Mayor Satish Kulkarni.