Seven people, including a three-year-old boy, were burnt to death in a private hospital in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday night.  

Police said that several people are feared trapped in a lift within the hospital.

An official said that fire and rescue personnel have begun firefighting operations to contain the blaze.  

He said that around 50 ambulances from nearby areas have been deployed to transfer patients from the affected hospital to the nearby government hospital in Dindigul. 

Police and fire department officials reported that six victims were discovered unconscious inside a lift. They were immediately transported to a hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead, according to news reports.

The other patients were safely evacuated and transferred to nearby hospitals, primarily government facilities, the news reports stated.

(With inputs from syndicated feed)

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