NEW DELHI - At least 10 newborn babies died, and a few others were injured after a massive fire broke out inside a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a medical college in north India, confirmed a local official over the phone.

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The incident occurred at around 10:45 pm local time on Friday night at the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in the Jhansi district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

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According to local media reports, there were nearly 70 newborn babies admitted inside the NICU when the fire broke out.