The NHRC has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government concerning a fire at the children's ward of Jhansi's medical college, which claimed 10 newborns' lives. The commission described the incident as a grave human rights violation and has requested a detailed report within a week.

The fire in the neonatal ward of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi is suspected to have been caused by a short-circuit in an oxygen concentrator

At least 10 children died in a fire that engulfed the children's ward of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district, officials said, as 16 others injured battled for life on Saturday. The Yogi Adityanath government on Saturday ordered a high-level probe whose report is to be submitted within 24 hours.

There were 54 infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh when the fire broke out. Videos posted on social media showed doctors and medical staff evacuating patients by breaking the windows of the ward.