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Fire breaks out at New Life Multi-speciality hospital in MP's Jabalpur; 10 people have died so far

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Fire breaks out at New Life Multi-speciality hospital in MP's Jabalpur; 10 people have died so far

Jabalpur: A fire broke out at a private hospital here on Monday and efforts were on to evacuate patients from the medical facility, police said.

10 people have died so far, with many injured.

The fire erupted at New Life Multi-speciality Hospital near Damoh Naka under the Gohalpur police station area of Jabalpur in the afternoon, Superintendent of Police (SP) Siddharth Bahuguna told PTI.

Prima facie it appears a short circuit caused the blaze, he said, adding a rescue operation was on at the hospital.

The SP said fire tenders and personnel were engaged in dousing the flames.

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