Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of the newborns killed in the hospital fire in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi. At least 10 children were burned to death and 16 battling for life after a fire broke out in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Jhansi Medical College.

PM Narendra Modi condoled the loss of life in the Jhansi hospital fire, saying that every possible effort is being made for relief.

A fire at Jhansi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh has resulted in the deaths of 10 newborns, causing national outrage. Officials, including PM Modi and President Murmu, expressed their condolences for the tragic incident believed to have originated from a short circuit in an oxygen concentrator.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the death of children in a fire that engulfed the children's ward of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district and said the local administration under the state government's supervision is making every possible effort for relief and rescue.

The fire, reportedly caused by a short circuit in an oxygen concentrator, spread rapidly due to the oxygen-rich environment in the NICU.