3 Indians killed in Malaysia fire

Kuala Lumpur: Three Indianorigin Malaysians were among six persons killed on Tuesday when a fire broke out at the intensive care unit of a major government hospital in southern Malaysia’s Johor Baru. The fire, which broke out on the second floor of the Sultanah Aminah Hospital early on Tuesday morning, forced the mass evacuation of hundreds of patients and medical staff. According to police, four women and two men, all in their 50s, died in the fire. The deceased include two ethnic Indian women and an ethnic Indian man, the police added.