导读:印度奥里萨邦布巴内斯瓦尔市一家私人医院发生大火，造成至少23人死亡。
At least 23 people have died after a fire broke out in a hospital in eastern India, local officials say.
据当地官员表示，印度东部一家医院起火，造成至少23人死亡。
They say the fire started in the dialysis ward of the SUM hospital, a private facility in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha state.
据印度官员表示，火灾发生在印度奥里萨邦布巴内斯瓦尔市一家私人医院内，大火从SUM医院的透析病房里开始蔓延出来。
Dozens of patients were taken to other medical facilities in the city.
数十名病人被疏散前往市内的其他医疗设施。
about 120 firefighters were mobilised to tackle the blaze, which was later brought under control. PM Narendra Modi said he was "anguished" by the fire.
大约有120名消防员被动员前往现场灭火，随后火势得到了控制。印度总理莫迪表示，这场火灾让他“极其痛苦”。
"We suspect the fire occurred due to an electric short circuit in the dialysis ward", Binoy Behera, a local fire services official, was quoted by the Times of India website as saying.
《印度时报》网站引述当地消防局官员比诺伊的话说：“我们怀疑起火的原因是因为透析病房里的电器发生了短路。”
Most of the victims reportedly died from smoke inhalation.
据报道，大多数遇难者的死因都是因为吸入了大量烟雾。
Some frightened patients and hospital employees tried to jump out of the building’s windows but were prevented from doing so by police, reports said
据报道，一些受到惊吓的病人和医院员工曾试图从窗户跳楼逃生，但是警察们制止了他们的这一做法。
"Deeply anguished by the loss of lives in the hospital fire in Odisha. The tragedy is mind-numbing. My thoughts are with bereaved families," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.
印度总理莫迪在推特上发文说道：“我为在奥里萨邦医院大火中遇难的生命感到深深的哀痛。这场悲剧使人痛苦难当。我和那些失去亲人们的家庭同在。”
In 2011, 89 people died in a fire that broke out in a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata.
2011年，印度东部城市加尔各答一家医院发生大火，造成89人死亡。
