'Black Smoke' Chokes Pakistan Maternity Ward As Hospital Fire Kills 14 Infants

Pakistan Hospital Fire: Witnesses described chaotic and harrowing scenes, including intense smoke and broken glass, a slow response from emergency services and guards reportedly preventing people from leaving the building.

Situationer: Unanswered questions linger hours after PIMS fire tragedy

At around 4:30 pm, almost 10 hours after the fire that killed 14 infants, the entrance to the gynaecology ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (Pims) remained crowded. Eyewitnesses and relatives of victims had been hushed away hours ago, and the families left when the bodies were handed over. But there was an army of reporters and a line of cameramen set up in a neat row, waiting to see if anyone would show up. Everyone felt there was more to the story. The Mother Children Hospit...

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Explainer: What we know so far about the Pims nursery fire

A worker removes broken pieces of a glass window after a fire broke out at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Islamabad, August 26, 2026. — Reuters ISLAMABAD: Fourteen infants died after a fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Pakistan...

14 infants killed in fire at Islamabad hospital

ISLAMABAD – Fourteen infants were killed in a fire that broke out in the gynaecology ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) early on Wednesday. What has happened so far: Footage showed rescue workers using ladders to reach broken windows to access the affected area and grief-stricken women sitting on the ground outside the [...]

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