The morning after six patients died when a fire broke out in the ICU of the Trauma Centre at Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur late on Sunday night, witnesses and relatives of victims described the chaos.

According to hospital officials, the fire broke out at 11.20 pm in the storeroom of the neuro ICU ward in the Trauma Centre, where paper, ICU equipment, and blood sampler tubes were stored.

On the second floor, the ICU ward with 11 beds was completely burnt. In the morning at 7 am, an FSL team reached the ward and police personnel guided the team to the room, which was strewn with shattered glass and burnt beds.

Lekhraj, son of Kushma Devi (55), who was admitted to the ward, told The Indian Express , “My mother was admitted here and I saw sparks coming out of the store room. I

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