India, Oct. 6 -- At least nine patients were killed after a massive fire broke out at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Rajasthan' Sawai Man Singh Hospital's trauma centre late on Sunday night, said officials.

Family members of the deceased protested at the hospital alleging negligence and demanded a fair probe. They also demanded Rs.5,000,000 compensation and a government job to one from each family.

Om Prakash Gurjar, whose brother Pintu Gurjar (25) was among those who died, said, "I was inside the ICU with my brother and saw sparks of fire inside a corner room (store room). There were about ten people from the hospital staff inside who all fled and the family members were also evacuated forcefully."

"They had been denying the inciden...