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Only one child rescued after fire breaks out in the nursery at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Geo News reports.
Published On 26 Aug 2026
A fire has broken out in the children’s ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad, killing at least 15 newborns, according to local media.
Geo News, citing hospital officials, reported on Wednesday that the nursery at PIMS housed 16 newborns at the time of the incident.
Only one was rescued.
The outlet cited officials as saying the fire started after an air-conditioner compressor exploded inside the nursery.
The blaze has since been extinguished, and firefighters were carrying out cooling operations at the site, it added.
