Police said the victim identified as Raju (45), from Venkat Reddy Nagar was depressed and doused his body with petrol and set himself ablaze in the bathroom.
Health official Haydar al-Zamili told a leading media outlet that there are fears people are still trapped inside the ward, which reportedly has space for 60 patients.
The blaze erupted around 3 p.m. in private chemical company, SVC Ltd, in the MIDC area of Pirangut village, and quickly spread within the enclosed premises, trapping many workers
According to locals, Siddi Ramulu and his wife left their home for their agriculture field to guard the harvested crop on Sunday night ,leaving Bhavani and their son at home.
Gadchiroli: Naxals set four tractors and two tankers on fire in Permili area of Gadchiroli district on Monday. Further details are awaited. In another similar incident on March 29, five Naxals were killed in an encounter with Maharashtra police in Kurkheda’s Khobramendha forest area in Gadchiroli. (ANI)
Thirteen coronavirus patients died after the blaze in the intensive care unit (ICU) located on the second floor of the four-storeyed Vijay Vallabh Hospital at Virar in the early hours of Friday.