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| location                 = Welfare Hospital, [[Bharuch]], [[Gujarat]], India
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On 1 May 2021, a fire in a hospital in [[Bharuch]], [[Gujarat]], India, killed at least 16 [[COVID-19]] patients and 2 nurses.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gladstone |first1=Rick |last2=Sweeney |first2=Billie |last3=Zhong |first3=Raymond |title=A deadly fire at a western India hospital tore through a Covid ward. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/world/india-covid-hospital-fire.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 April 2021 |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501123036/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/world/india-covid-hospital-fire.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Background ==
India is badly affected by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and facing a second wave of the pandemic. On 23 April 2021, 13 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in [[Virar]], Maharashtra, died after [[Virar hospital fire|a fire broke out]] at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Akshita |title=Fire kills at least 13 Covid patients in hospital in western India |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-maharashtra-fire-covid-patients-b1836321.html |publisher=[[The Independent ]] |date=23 April 2021 |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423170953/https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-maharashtra-fire-covid-patients-b1836321.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Incident ==
In the early hours of 1 May 2021, at 1 AM, a fire broke out in the COVID-19 ward of Bharuch Welfare Hospital, a [[COVID-19]] designated hospital, located around 190 km from [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite news |title=18 Covid Patients Dead In Fire At Gujarat Hospital: Report |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-at-least-12-covid-19-patients-killed-in-fire-at-bharuch-hospital-2425668 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=1 May 2021 |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501164042/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-at-least-12-covid-19-patients-killed-in-fire-at-bharuch-hospital-2425668 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Aftermath ==
The [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Narendra Modi]] expressed his deep condolences by saying, '' Pained by the loss of lives due to a fire at a hospital in Bharuch.''<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Narendra Modi expresses pain at Bharuch hospital fire tragedy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-expresses-pain-at-bharuch-hospital-fire-tragedy/articleshow/82339200.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 May 2021 |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502005500/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-expresses-pain-at-bharuch-hospital-fire-tragedy/articleshow/82339200.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]], [[Vijay Rupani]] announced ex-gratia aid of {{INRConvert|4|l}} for kin of victims.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gujarat CM announces ₹4 lakh ex gratia to Bharuch fire victims' kins |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gujarat-cm-rupani-announces-rs-4-lakh-assistance-for-bharuch-victims-101619838914325.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=1 May 2021 |access-date=1 May 2021 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502122529/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gujarat-cm-rupani-announces-rs-4-lakh-assistance-for-bharuch-victims-101619838914325.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[2021 Baghdad hospital fire]]
* [[Gaziantep hospital fire]]
* [[Matei Balș hospital fire]]
* [[Piatra Neamț hospital fire]]
* [[Socola hospital fire]]
* [[Virar hospital fire]]
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