Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed sorrow at the death of six patients in the massive fire that broke out at the trauma ICU of Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital late on Sunday night. Five patients were injured in the incident.

The police said the exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined, though a short circuit is suspected. ADVERTISEMENT

“At first glance, it appears to be a short circuit, but the final cause will only be determined after the FSL investigation,” Biju George Joseph, commissioner of police, Jaipur, told ANI.

The news agency has also quoted SMS Hospital Trauma Centre in-charge Anurag Dhakad as saying that the fire started in the trauma ICU on the second floor and spread quickly, releasing toxic gases.

“Our trauma centre has two ICUs on the sec

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