10 newborn babies die in India after fire rips through hospital neonatal unit

Ten newborn babies died from burns and suffocation after a fire swept through a neonatal intensive care unit in northern India, a government official said on Saturday.

The blaze broke out late on Friday at the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi district about 180 miles southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state.

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Emergency responders rescued 38 newborns from the ward...