Nightly News | December 09, 2011
Hospital fire kills dozens in India
After a fire struck a hospital in India, emergency workers made frantic attempts to evacuate patients, in some cases pulling them through windows on the upper floors. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: There was a terrible fire today in India . It took place at a hospital. Emergency workers made frantic attempts to evacuate patients, in some cases pulling them through windows on upper floors. But tonight, 89 people there are dead. Government officials are accusing the hospital staff of at one point abandoning the patients as the flames engulfed the building. Six hospital administrators are now facing homicide charges.