The fire occurred late Friday at a hospital in Jhansi city in India's Uttar Pradesh state. Officials said the blaze spread quickly through the ward, where 55 infants were being treated.

Lucknow, India (AP) — A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others, authorities said.

Hospital fires are not uncommon in India. In May, seven newborn babies lost their lives in New Delhi when a fire broke out at the private neonatal clinic. In one of India’s worst such fires in ...