Officials said that it is a non-COVID facility and 31 patients were undergoing treatment, with 10 of them in the ICU, when the incident occurred around 8.10 pm
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased, according to a statement issued by his office.
Police suspect a short circuit in one of the shops led to the fire. The incident occurred when the shop was closed. The fire soon spread to other shops.
According to Fire officials, the fire broke out at around 12.30 am in the warehouse located on the Bahadurpura main road and rapidly spread. A lot of combustible material stored in the premises helped the blaze rage.
The hospital is situated on the top floor of the four-storeyed mall building and 76 patients, most of them being treated for COVID-19, were there when the fire broke out.
According to fire officials, the fire started in the penthouse of a building located in Farhatnagar around 1 am. A fire tender from Malakpet rushed to the spot and doused the flames.
Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said the incident was report at 6.41 a.m., after a guard of the train noticed smoke in the luggage van and informed officials.
At least nine people were killed in an inferno in a multi-storeyed building in Kolkata, which houses zonal offices of Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway on Monday.