10 infants killed in fire at western India hospital

This frame grab from video provided by KK Productions shows women grieving at a District General Hospital where a fire broke out in Bhandara, about 70 kilometres from Nagpur, India, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. A fire broke out in the intensive care unit of a government-run hospital in western India early Saturday, killing 10 infants, police and news reports said. Firefighters rescued seven babies from the newborn care unit of the hospital. (KK Productions via AP)

Ten infants have died after a fire broke out in the intensive care unit of a government-run hospital in western India, according to reports.

Police said a preliminary investigation suggests the fire at the hospital in Bhandara, a town in Maharashtra state located around 625 miles south of New Delhi, was caused by an electrical short-circuit.