7 newborns killed in massive fire at baby care centre in Delhi | Delhi News

Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officials said the fire broke out at the Children’s Hospital in Shahdara on Saturday evening. DFS chief Atul Garg said five babies were being treated at another hospital.

The bodies were sent to GTB Hospital for postmortem. Police said that the owner of the hospital, identified as Naveen Kichi, is under investigation.

Reacting to the incident, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, “This fire in a children’s hospital is heartbreaking. We all stand with those who lost their innocent children in this accident. Government and administrative officials are busy treating the injured at the spot. The causes of the incident are being investigated and whoever is responsible for this negligence will not be spared.”

Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said the guilty would not be spared. “The strictest punishment will be for those who act negligently or have engaged in any wrongdoing,” he wrote on the social media platform X.