New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Three newborn babies reportedly died after a fire broke out in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the government-run District Women's Hospital in Amravati, Maharashtra, early on Monday.

The fire erupted around 3.30 am on the third floor of the hospital, reportedly following a ventilator explosion in the neonatal unit, according to preliminary information reported by news agency ANI on Monday.

A ventilator in the NICU on the third floor of the hospital suddenly sparked at 3.15 am, triggering a fire in the unit, an official told PTI.

Doctors, nurses, and other staff on duty immediately launched an evacuation operation and managed to rescue several infants from the ward.

Three of the newborns died, the offic...