Footage reveals the charred interior of a hospital near Mumbai where at least 13 COVID-19 patients lost their lives in a fire.

The visuals filmed on April 13 shows officials examining the damage caused by the blaze at Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar, Maharashtra.

There were 90 patients in the hospital at the time of the time, 18 of which were in ICU.

The fire broke out after a blast in an air conditioner in the ICU unit.

People inspect an ICU ward after a fire broke out in Vijay Vallabh COVID-19 hospital at Virar, near Mumbai, India, Friday, April 23, 2021. A fire killed 13 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in western India early Friday as an extreme surge in coronavirus infections leaves the nation short of medical care and oxygen.

Fire broke out at Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar in Mumbai early on Friday morning. Thirteen Covid-19 patients lost their lives in the incident.

There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the ICU when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said. The dead include five women and eight men.

The fire started around 3.15 am on the second floor of the hospital due to a short-circuit in the air conditioner in the intensive care unit (ICU). It was extinguished by 5.30 in the morning.

District Disaster Control Cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said that the Virar hospital fire was preceded by an explosion in the AC unit of the intensive care unit.