Authorities have ordered an investigation after 5 coronavirus patients died in a fire on the COVID-19 ward of a non-public hospital in Chhattisgarh‘s capital metropolis Raipur, police mentioned on Sunday.

Raipur Collector Dr S Bharathi Dasan has ordered an investigation into the incident. Officers have been directed to conduct security examine at coronavirus hospitals within the metropolis.

The fireplace broke out at Raipur’s Rajdhani hospital on Saturday, police mentioned.

“5 coronavirus sufferers died within the incident. One was charred to dying and the others died on account of suffocation,” a police official mentioned, including a case of negligence can be registered towards the house owners of the hospital.

A supervisor noticed smoke popping out of the ward and knowledgeable the hospital authorities, who alerted the police. The fireplace brigade and hospital employees rescued the opposite sufferers.

“The fireplace broke out within the COVID-19 ward of Rajdhani Tremendous Speciality Hospital situated at Pachpedi Naka beneath Tikrapara police station at 4.30 pm and was introduced beneath management by the firefighters in 20 minutes,” Tikrapara Station Home Officer Sanjeev Mishra mentioned.

When the fireplace broke out, there have been round 30 sufferers within the ward, Mishra mentioned.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed grief over the incident and introduced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh every to the households of the deceased.