http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/19/world/asia/india-fire-bhubaneswar-hospital.html 2016-10-18 10:52:01 India Hospital Fire Kills at Least 19 in Eastern City The victims at Sum Hospital, in Bhubaneswar, in the state of Odisha, appeared to have died of smoke inhalation, an official said on Tuesday. === NEW DELHI — Officials said on Tuesday that at least 19 patients had died in a fire at a hospital in eastern The fire late Monday at Gangadhar Sahoo, dean of the Institute of Medical Sciences, which is affiliated with the hospital, said he believed the patients had died from inhaling carbon monoxide. No other patients in the 750-bed hospital were hurt, and the survivors were moved elsewhere, he said. The fire was quickly brought under control, but thick smoke filled the adjacent wards, said Trilok Kumar Babu, a city fire official. Evacuating the patients took four hours, he said. The government of the state of Odisha, which includes Bhubaneswar, ordered an investigation. Prime Minister