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Questions have been directed at local municipal bodies regarding the response time of the fire brigade once the alarm was raised. Investigators are looking into the exact positioning and response of the assigned duty staff when the blast occurred.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed sorrow over the deaths of three children in a fire at the Amravati District Women's Hospital, describing the incident as "extremely heart-wrenching".

CHHINDWARA: A fire in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara left one newborn dead and two others injured after a warmer machine allegedly caught fire early Saturday, officials said.

AMRAVATI: As flames engulfed the neonatal care unit of the government hospital in Maharashtra's Amravati, the fire alarms remained silent and the water sprinklers failed to work, turning the ward housing critically ill newborns into a death trap.

AMRAVATI: Hours after calling his family to share the joy of becoming a father, Swapnil Barge found himself desperately searching the corridors of a government hospital for his wife and day-old son.

Six of nine newborns who were in section of Amravati NICU where fire broke out were rescued by hospital staff and have been shifted to a super specialty hospital.

Amravati hospital fire: Father's desperate search for day-old son ends in heartbreak | Mumbai news

A fire in Amravati hospital's NICU left infants covered in ash, as parents criticize the administration for inadequate safety measures.

The fire broke out at around 3:15 am in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on the third floor of the District Women's Hospital. A ventilator reportedly sparked and triggered the fire.

Expressing deep sorrow over the death of three newborn babies in a fire at a government hospital on Monday, Maharashtra Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakashrao Abitkar said that hospital personnel made exhaustive efforts to save the infants.