Jaipur (PTI): In the wake of the fire that killed six people at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital's Trauma Centre here, the victims' families accused the hospital staff of disregarding their warning about smoke and fleeing the premises when a blaze eventually broke out.

A fire on Sunday night at the hospital claimed the lives of six critically ill patients due to burns and suffocation.

The hospital is the biggest government-run facility in the state and treats patients from across Rajasthan, and caters to critically ill patients referred from district hospitals, as well as other states.

The trauma centre is located opposite the main hospital building on Tonk Road.

The fire broke out in a store room of an ICU on its second floor, where 11 patients were admitted – six of whom died. A second

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