NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say at least two people died and 86 others were injured in a fire that broke out in a Mumbai hospital.
Police officer A.P. Lokhand says the fire Monday in the five-story government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital in the suburban Andheri area is believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit. Mumbai is India's financial and entertainment capital.
Lokhand says it took eight fire engines to bring the fire under control.
A Times of India newspaper report says 49 patients were evacuated and shifted to nearby hospitals. Other details were not immediately available.
Fires are common in India, where building laws and safety norms are often flouted by builders and residents. In December last year, a late-night fire in a Mumbai restaurant killed 15 people.
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