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At least six people died and 129 others were injured in a fire that broke out on Monday in a hospital in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, police said.
The fire in the five-floor government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital in the suburban Andheri area was believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit, said police officer A.P. Lokhand.

It took 10 engines to bring the fire under control, while 15 ambulances rushed the injured to other hospitals, Lokhand said.
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The Press Trust of India news agency said most of the injured were in stable condition.

A top fire official, P.S. Rahangdale, said the smoke engulfed the entire building and rescuers were searching all the floors to see whether any patients, hospital staff or visitors were still trapped there.
Rahangdale said the fire was restricted to the third floor, from where doctors, nurses and patients were rescued.

A Times of India newspaper report said 49 patients were rescued and taken to nearby hospitals.
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Fires are common in India, where building laws and safety norms are often flouted by builders and residents. In December last year, a late-night fire in a Mumbai restaurant killed 15 people.


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Hospital fire in India kills at least six and injures 129 after 10 engines are needed to bring blaze under control

People carry a man to safety after he was evacuated from a government hospital due to fire in Mumbai, India on Monday. Photo: Reuters

A rescued person is rushed out after a fire broke out at the five-story government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital in Andheri, Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec.17, 2018. Police say the fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit. (AP Photo)

A rescued person is attended to after a fire broke out at the five-story government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital in Andheri, Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec.17, 2018. Police say the fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit. (AP Photo)

A woman sits in a stretcher after she was evacuated from a government hospital due to fire, on the suburbs of Mumbai, India, December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Prashant Waydande

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The baby was wedged flat on her back between the track and the platform. Photo: AFP

This screengrab taken from a video shot on November 20, 2018 and provided by NNIS shows a baby girl being held up by women after nearly being run over by a train at the station in Mathura in India's Uttar Pradesh state. - An Indian baby who was dropped onto railway tracks moments before a train barrelled through the station has escaped unscathed. (Photo by - / NNIS / AFP)

This screengrab taken from a video shot on November 20, 2018 and provided by NNIS shows a baby girl being lifted off train tracks at the train station in Mathura in India's Uttar Pradesh state. - An Indian baby who was dropped onto railway tracks moments before a train barrelled through the station has escaped unscathed. (Photo by - / NNIS / AFP)

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The blaze in the government-run hospital in Mumbai was believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit, said police


The blaze in the government-run hospital in Mumbai was believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit, said police.
