Fire in Indian Hospital COVID-19 Ward Kills 11 Patients

Fire in Indian Hospital COVID-19 Ward Kills 11 Patients
A man is carried for treatment after a fire in a hospital's COVID-19 ward that caught fire in Ahmednagar, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Nov. 6, 2021. AP Photo
The Associated Press
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NEW DELHI—Eleven patients died Saturday after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said.

There were 17 patients in the ward in the city of Ahmednagar where the fire started, said police Inspector Jyoti Karkade. The remaining six patients are in stable condition, she added.