DHAKA: At least nine people have been killed in a fire at a hospital in Taiwan, state media has reported.

The fire broke out on in a ward on the seventh floor of the hospital in New Taipei City early on Monday.

About 16 other people, including patients and staff, remain in a critical condition.

The cause of the fire is not yet clear, though media reports say it could have been started by an electrical fault in a moveable bed.

Reports say 33 patients and three staff members were evacuated from the Weifu hospital in the northern region of the city after a fire broke out at 04:36 on Monday (20:36 GMT Sunday).

BDST: 1357 HRS, AUG 13, 2018

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