Huge Fire Kills At Least 23 in E #India Hospital

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Around 23 people have been killed by a fire which broke out in a hospital in eastern India, said local officials.

Some 120 firefighters were dispatched to put out the fire which started in the dialysis ward of the SUM hospital in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar, in Odisha state late on Monday.

According to reports, the majority of victims died from smoke inhalation, and that 20 more people are receiving treatment in neighboring medical facilities.

Bodies of victims of a fire at the private Sum Hospital are laid out for post-mortem at another hospital in Bhubaneswar, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, October 17, 2016.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team