News / World News Fire at a baby care centre kills seven infants in India’s capital By Press Association May 26, 2024, 6:48 am People look at the burned building of a baby care centre in New Delhi (Dinesh Joshi/AP) Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Seven babies have died after a fire broke out in a baby care centre in India’s capital New Delhi on Saturday night, a fire service officer said. Rescuers carried 12 newborns from the centre to a nearby hospital, but seven died due to smoke inhalation, fire officer Atul Garg said. The five others are being treated for smoke inhalation, he added. The fire on the first floor of the centre was extinguished in about an hour, said Suresh Kumar, another fire officer. The cause of the fire in Vivek Vihar district of east Delhi was being investigated. Earlier on Saturday, at least 27 people were killed in a big fire at a crowded amusement park in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat state in western India. Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Subscribe More from The Sunday Post Narendra Modi sworn in for rare third term as India’s prime minister Four children among at least 27 dead in fire at amusement park in western India Explosion and fire at chemical factory in India kills at least nine Fire ravages restaurant and hotel in eastern India, killing six people