Official: Death toll at 23 in hospital fire in eastern India
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India's federal health minister says at least 23 people died after a fire broke out in a private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Bhubneswar.
Minister J.P. Nadda disclosed the increased death toll in an interview with the Times Now TV news station.
Earlier, a local legislator, Vijay Mohanti, said the fire broke out late Monday and spread to the intensive care unit at the private Sum Hospital in Bhubneswar.
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Few other details were immediately available.
Ramesh Manjhi, a senior fire official, told the New Delhi Television news channel that the fire had been brought under control by late Monday night.