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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arpan Rai

At least 10 patients killed as fire tears through trauma centre of Indian hospital

At least 10 people were killed in the eastern Indian state of Odisha after a major fire broke out in the trauma centre of a government hospital on Monday.

All the people who succumbed to burn injuries were patients admitted at the hospital. Another 23 people, all hospital staff, were also injured while trying to rescue patients, state chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi said. They are being treated for burns.

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