Fire has gutted a private hospital in southern India, killing no fewer than six people with more than two dozen others injured.
Building fires are common in India due to a lack of firefighting equipment and a routine disregard for safety regulations.
The Police say, the fire broke out late Thursday night in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, and its cause is still being investigated.
All six victims were found unconscious inside a lift at the hospital in the city of Dindigul, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
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Police superintendent A. Pradeep told newsmen that around 30 people had been injured but all were “stable”.
The fire started at the reception area on the ground floor and rapidly spread to the other floors, the Times of India newspaper reported.
The blaze came just weeks after 10 newborns were killed when a fire engulfed a hospital in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
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