COVID-19 patient killed as fire breaks out in hospital in West Bengal

A 60-year-old woman, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in a government hospital at West Bengal's Burdwan, was killed on Saturday after a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward. "There were four patients...Even though we managed to rescue three patients, one succumbed," the hospital superintendent said. A five-member team will investigate the cause of the fire, the superintendent added.