Chandigarh: Five infants were killed as fire broke out in a nursery of a hospital early on Wednesday morning, police said.
The incident occurred when an incubator, where all the five newly born children were kept, caught fire at 3:30 am on Wednesday, Superintendent of Police Gurmit Singh said.
It is suspected that the fire broke out due to a short circuit, he said, adding the identity of the children were not known immediately.
Surinder Singh, Superintendent of the Rajinder Hospital where the mishap took place said the infants were kept in photo therapy units as they were suffering from jaundice.
"There was a short circuit in the tubes of the machines. The staff reacted immediately...but unfortunately five babies could not be saved," he was quoted as saying by a television channel.
Some hospital sources claimed that the machines were not well equipped.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered an magisterial inquiry in the incident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs one lakh to the families of the children killed in the mishap.
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