India, March 17 -- Ten trauma patients were killed and 16 injured, including five patients,on Monday after a fire broke out in the trauma care intensive care unit (ICU) of the Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi has subsequently announced a judicial probe into the matter.

According to officials familiar with the matter, the fire is believed to have been triggered by an electrical short circuit that started at around 2.59 am on the first floor of the trauma care building, where critically ill patients were undergoing treatment, many on ventilator and oxygen support.

"A total of 23 patients were admitted to the ICU. Seven of them died inside the ward before rescue operations...