play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upBREAKINGBREAKING, NewsAt least 15 newborns killed in Pakistan hospital fireOnly one child rescued after fire breaks out in the nursery at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Geo News reports.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoBy Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 26 Aug 202626 Aug 2026A fire has broken out in the children’s ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad, killing at least 15 newborns, according to local media.
Geo News, citing hospital officials, reported on Wednesday that the nursery at PIMS housed 16 newborns at the time of the incident.
The outlet cited officials as saying the fire started after an air-conditioner compressor exploded inside the nursery.
The blaze has since been extinguished, and firefighters were carrying out cooling operations at the site, it added.
