Fire at Mumbra hospital
A major fire broke out at the Prime Criticare hospital in Thane's Mumbra in the wee hours of Wednesday, claiming four lives. The incident happened around 3.40 am due to a short circuit in the meter room, and four persons died while being shifted out to nearby hospitals. Photo: Anil Shinde/BCCL
Probe ordered
A police investigation will be carried out in the case of the four deaths that took place in the hospital. "Four people have died in today's incident. The cause of death will be ascertained through postmortems. Initially, we had received info that there are 12 people inside the hospital but the numbers may vary. A police investigation will be done and action will be taken against those responsible," Senior Police Inspector Madhukar Shivaji Kad said. Photo: Anil Shinde/BCCL
Eknath Gaikwad passes away
Former Mumbai Congress chief Eknath Gaikwad passed away this morning at a Mumbai hospital due to COVID-19. The demise of the 81-year-old leader has come as a huge shock to the political arena including Congress. Gaikwad breathed his last at Breach Candy Hospital on Wednesday at around 10 am while undergoing coronavirus treatment. (File photo)
Crowd at Virar market
Virar main market was bustling with people on Wednesday morning as people rushed to buy fresh fruits and vegetables before shopkeepers shut their shops. Until April 30, grocery stores, fruits and vegetable vendors, flower markets among others will be allowed to operate only from 7 am to 11 am. Photo: ANI
Vaccine out of stock
Two of the major vaccination centres in the city -- the BKC Jumbo Centre and Dahisar Jumbo Centre -- ran out of their vaccine stocks on Wednesday and thus remained shut, causing inconvenience to people who had turned up to get the jab. Photo: SL Shanth Kumar/BCCL
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