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At least 14 newborn babies die in fire at Pakistan hospital’s maternity ward

Health minister suggests deadly blaze was caused by an air conditioner

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#2966
First seen
26 Aug 2026, 07:44 UTC
Last checked
26 Aug 2026, 18:29 UTC
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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
26 Aug 2026, 07:41 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
Health minister suggests deadly blaze was caused by an air conditioner
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    At least 14 newborn babies die in fire at Pakistan hospital’s maternity ward

    Health minister suggests deadly blaze was caused by an air conditioner

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#2678
Observed
26 Aug 2026, 07:44 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
658,638 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt