At least seven persons were feared dead in a blaze in a private hospital in Dindigul district in south Tamil Nadu late on Thursday night. Reports from the region indicated some persons were also trapped in the elevator in the four-storied hospital.

Chennai: At least seven persons were feared dead in a blaze in a private hospital in Dindigul district in south Tamil Nadu late on Thursday night. Reports from the region indicated some persons were also trapped in the elevator in the four-storied hospital.

“At least two persons were charred to death and three others were suffocated to death. Two more are suspected to have perished in the blaze that spread in the hospital,” a police officer told FPJ over the phone from Dindigul.

Efforts were on to rescue those trapped in the hospital. The blaze was being controlled.