Seven newborn babies were rescued on 27th August after a fire broke out in a ward in Rajpipla civil hospital in Gujarat's Narmada district, about 90 kilometres from Vadodara, an official said.

The fire started in the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the hospital in the morning, its civil surgeon Dr Jyoti Gupta said. "A nurse noticed the fire in the SNCU, adjoining the labour room, and staff immediately shifted the seven babies to another ward. Equipment in the SNCU, which is for care of newborns with ailments, has been damaged but there are no injuries to anyone," she said.

Firefighters from Rajpipla civic body doused it soon after, Dr Gupta said, adding that prima facie it seems the fire was the result of a short circuit.