India, March 17 -- The devastating fire at the trauma centre ICU at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack early Monday exposed a cascade of failures - from a disabled sprinkler system to defunct smoke detector system, according to a preliminary probe by a committee of officials.

The committee headed by state development commissioner DK Singh and comprising officials from public health department, electricity department as well as medical education and training visited the hospital on Monday afternoon before submitting its report to the chief minister on Tuesday.

A member of the probe team said the ICU's automatic sprinkler system failed to activate as its control valve had been left closed while the fire alarm system had also been...