Door was locked at Pakistan hospital where fire killed 14 babies, witnesses say

It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted. It would go on to kill 14 infants as parents say they waited hours for help to arrive. Hivsa Walid was near the room at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital with her sister-in-law, who had given birth days earlier. She initially heard a shout and thought a patient had died - but then she saw smoke. The pair fled with the baby, who is so small she does not yet have a name. "We didn't even think about our belongings.

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