WorldPingAt least 14 infants were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday, the prime minister said, with the health minister attributing the tragedy to a blast in the nursery ward.
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WorldPingOfficial confirmation of casualties awaited; the fire appeared to have erupted due to a short circuit, a PIMS Spokesperson said…
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WorldPingA dawn fire that erupted in the maternity ward of Islamabad's premier public hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), on Wednesday killed 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze.
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WorldPingDevasted parents gathered outside a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday after a fire tore through a mother-and-baby ward, killing at least 14 newborns.
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WorldPingThe fire broke out in an air conditioning unit at the mother and child unit in one of Islamabad's main hospitals.
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Authorities in Islamabad, Pakistan, say a fire caused by an air-conditioning unit exploding in a major hospital nursery ward killed 14 newborns.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
Across the border, Tibet reported 'major casualties' with people missing in the neighbouring county of Gyirong.
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