Amravati, 24 August 2026: Three innocent newborn babies died tragically when a fire broke out early on Monday morning in the Newborn Intensive Care Department (NICU) of the District Women's Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra. Due to this serious accident, there is an atmosphere of mourning in the hospital premises. However, amidst this terrible situation, the doctors, nurses and staff of the hospital showed courage and saved the lives of many children.
According to the information received, at around 3:30 am on Monday morning, there was a sudden big explosion in the NICU ward on the third floor of the hospital. The primary hypothesis is that the explosion occurred in the ventilator, due to which within a few moments fire and heavy smoke spread across the ward. A total of 39 newborn babies were under treatment in the NICU ward when the incident occurred. Seeing the fire and smoke, the doctors, nurses and other hospital staff on duty started the operation to evacuate the children without delaying even a second. Due to the alertness of the staff, most of the children were brought out safely and moved to a safe distance from the smoke and fire. However, in this fire accident, three newborn children died due to severe burn injuries.
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Children referred to super specialty hospital
Keeping in mind the health of six of the rescued children, they have been immediately shifted to Super Specialty Hospital for further treatment and monitoring, where they are kept under special medical observation. The fire was so severe that many important medical equipment and items were destroyed. After a lot of effort, the fire was successfully controlled. It is a matter of relief that the fire could not spread to other wards or rooms of the hospital.
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A similar incident took place in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh.
It is noteworthy that a similar accident had also happened some time ago in Chhindwara District Hospital of Madhya Pradesh. Early on Saturday morning, a fire broke out in the NICU ward there due to short circuit and leakage of water in the filament of the warmer. At that time, 33 children were present in the ward, out of which 3 children were drowned while the staff and security personnel saved the remaining 30 children. Such incidents have raised serious questions about child safety and fire fighting systems in hospitals.