close
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com.
Ten newborn babies died from burns and suffocation after a fire swept through a neonatal intensive care unit in northern India, a government official said on Saturday.
The blaze broke out late on Friday at the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi district about 180 miles southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state.
INDIA’S CAPITAL INTRODUCES STRICTER ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES AS TOXIC SMOG HIDES TAJ MAHAL
Emergency responders rescued 38 newborns from the ward, which housed 49 infants at the time of the incident, said state Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak.
Police officers examine the damaged neonatal intensive care unit after a fire broke out at the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi district, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Saturday. (REUTERS/Stringer)
“Seventeen of the injured are receiving treatment in different wings and some private hospitals,” Pathak told reporters in Jhansi. Seven of the deceased infants have been identified, while the authorities are working to identify the remaining three, he said.
One infant remains missing, said a government official who asked not to be identified as he is not authorised to speak to media.
The cause of the fire remains unknown. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered an inquiry into the incident.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences over the “heart-wrenching” incident.
“My deepest condolences to those who lost their innocent children in this,” Modi posted on the X platform. “I pray to God to give them the strength to bear this immense loss.”
The newly minted president of the Kennedy Center, Richard Grenell, took the Broadway star behind…
A federal judge has further blocked the National Institutes of Health from implementing a policy…
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., has filed a resolution to punish the Democrats…
House lawmakers have voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, after he was thrown out…
EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump reflected on his first address of his second administration to a…
close Video Trump deputy assistant describes takedown of Abbey Gate terrorist: 'We unleashed the hounds…