# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcfyX5rnebl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69795078-bbcnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e6be7944b0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26T08:31:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

At least 14 newborns have died after a fire broke out at a hospital's maternity ward in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
 
The fire broke out in an air-conditioning unit at the mother and child unit in PIMS hospital, and was quickly ignited by oxygen connections, a spokesperson told BBC Urdu.
 
One newborn has been rescued of the 15 babies who were in the ward at the time, a hospital spokesperson confirms to the BBC.
 
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#Pakistan #Islamabad #BBCNews

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