Xinhua News Agency, Mumbai, April 23. A fire broke out in a designated hospital for COVID-19 in the Indian state of Maharashtra on the morning of the 23rd, at least 13 COVID-19 patients were killed in the hospital.

According to local media reports, most of the dead were COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit of the hospital. Short-circuited wires may be the cause of fire.

Recently, the new crown epidemic in India has developed rapidly, the pressure of hospital treatment has continued to increase, and related public safety incidents have occurred from time to time. On April 21, a leak occurred in the oxygen supply equipment of a hospital in Maharashtra, resulting in the death of at least 29 COVID-19 patients.