Gujarat: 18 coronavirus sufferers die in Bharuch hospital fireplace

At least 18 coronavirus sufferers died after a hearth broke out at a hospital in Gujarat’s Bharuch early on Saturday.
There had been round 50 different sufferers on the four-storeyed Welfare Hospital when the fireplace broke out within the Covid-19 ward at 1 am. They had been rescued by locals and firefighters, an official stated.
“As per information at 6.30 am, the death toll in the tragedy stood at 18. Immediately after the fire, we had confirmation of 12 deaths,” a police official informed PTI.

The 12 sufferers within the Covid-19 ward died as a result of fireplace and resultant smoke, Bharuch SP Rajendrasinh Chudasama stated. It will not be clear if the remaining six additionally died within the Welfare hospital or whereas being shifted to different hospitals.
The Covid-19 hospital is located on the Bharuch-Jambusar freeway, round 190 km from the state capital Ahmedabad and is being run by a belief.

The reason for the fireplace is but to be ascertained, the official stated. The fireplace was managed inside an hour and round 50 sufferers had been rescued by locals in addition to firefighters, a hearth official stated. They had been shifted to close by hospitals, he added.