India, Oct. 6 -- Eight patients were killed after a massive blaze broke out at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the trauma centre at Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh Hospital. The deceased included three women.

The fire broke out at around 11.20 pm on Sunday in the neuro ICU ward's store room, where papers, medical equipment, and blood sample tubes were kept. A short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the blaze.

The kin of the patients admitted to the hospital, including those who lost their lives, recounted their experiences after the blaze engulfed the ICU, while also alleging safety lapses in the medical facility.

A relative of one of the deceased said that the doctors and compounders at the hospital "had already fled" by the time the ...