Fire tears through maternity ward killing 14 newborn babies in Pakistan

Fire tears through maternity ward killing 14 newborn babies in Pakistan Milo Pope | Live News reporter Published August 26, 2026 7:27am Updated August 26, 2026 2:19pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video More than a dozen newborn babies have died after a fire broke out inside a maternity ward in a Pakistan hospital. The fire is now said to be under control after rescue teams attended the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad, with those injured taken to the ICU. Parents of the infants who were killed in the fire have gathered outside the hospital in tears. One newborn out of the 15 babies who were in the ward was rescued, a hospital spokesperson told BBC News. A man also told the publica