The Mumbai hospital fire claimed its eleventh victim on Friday as a week-old baby girl succumbed to her injuries in the early hours, a civic official said.
According to the official, eight other injured were in a critical condition.
“A week-old baby girl, Lalita, succumbed to her smoke inhalation injuries around 12.20 am today at the Seven Hills Hospital. With her death, the toll in the fire incident has now gone up to 11,” PTI quoted a senior official of the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as saying.
“Of the total number of people injured in the incident, 91 are still undergoing treatment in different hospitals in the city. Of them, eight patients are in a critical condition. They are on ventilators and battling for life,” he said.
On Tuesday, the Maharashtra government had ordered a probe into the devastating fire in a Mumbai government hospital.
The blaze broke out on Monday afternoon at the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in MIDC, Andheri East, and spread to engulf the third and fourth floors.
As per preliminary investigations, some material stored for renovation purposes caught fire generating massive smoke and creating panic.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the tragedy and spoke with Union Health Minister JP Nadda.
The Labour Ministry has announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kin of the dead and between Rs 1,00,000-Rs 2,00,000 for the minor and seriously injured.
The fire was first noticed near the operation theatre of the five-storey hospital located at Marol MIDC, an industrial hub in Andheri East.
The blaze, due to a suspected short-circuit, quickly spread horizontally and vertically, trapping around 155 people in the building with a glass facade.
Mumbai has witnessed over a dozen major fires in residential and commercial premises this year, claiming over 50 lives and injuring several hundred, besides damage to properties worth crores of rupees.
(With inputs from agencies)