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Pakistan hospital fire: Report finds no fire alarms or sprinklers at neonatal unit where fire killed 14

The report said missing alarms, sprinklers and blocked exits turned an electrical spark into a catastrophe, and eight officials were suspended.

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A firefighter tells the BBC that rescuers had said many doors near the unit were locked, obstructing their route to the babies.

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No fire alarms or sprinklers and blocked escape routes. The hospital in the Pakistani city of Islamabad where fourteen babies died in a major fire last month did not have even the most basic fire safety measures in order. This is revealed in a government report on the fire seen by the BBC. The fire broke out in late August in the maternity ward of the Pakistan Institute for Medical Sciences, the largest hospital in the Pakistani capital. A fir…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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An investigation has revealed serious fire safety deficiencies at a Pakistani hospital where 14 infants died in flames in August.

·Budapest, Hungary
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14 infants were killed in a fire in a hospital in Islamabad. The trigger was a defective air conditioning system. Investigations revealed that there were no smoke detectors.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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BBC News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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