India, June 5 -- At least five people were killed in a fire that broke out in the ICU of a private hospital in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district early on Thursday. The blaze erupted around 3 am at Prasad Hospital and quickly spread through the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), filling it with dense smoke.

"A total of 5 deaths has been confirmed. There also are several injured persons undergoing treatment," Muzaffarpur Municipal Commissioner Rituraj Singh said.

The bodies have been handed over to family members after post-mortem examination, officials said. All patients admitted have been accounted for, they said.

Earlier in the day, Muzaffarpur District Magistrate Subrat Kumar Sen had said around 13 to 15 patients were being treated in the ICU, wh...