Fire in Covid-19 hospital kills 13 as India struggles with huge second wave
A fire in a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in western India killed at least 13 people on Friday, as the country struggles to cope with the world's biggest surge of daily coronavirus infections since the pandemic began last year.
According to an official from the Vijay Vallabh Hospital, a spark from an air conditioner triggered the fire, which was exacerbated by the heavy oxygen supply running in the facility's ICU.
It was the latest accident to hit a facility in India crowded with people infected with the coronavirus.
On Wednesday, 22 Covid-19 patients died at a public hospital in Maharashtra state when their oxygen supply ran out after a leak in the tank.
Health officials across northern and western India, including the capital New Delhi, said they were in crisis, with most hospitals full and running out of oxygen.
India recorded 332,730 new infections on Friday, a world record for the second day straight.
(Source: Reuters)
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