A government report has found that a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, where 14 newborns died in a fire last month had no smoke alarms, no sprinklers, blocked escape routes, and no staff trained in emergency procedures. The blaze broke out in late August on the maternity ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (the largest hospital in the Pakistani capital), sparked by a short circuit, and firefighters were not alerted until 20 minutes after it started — by which point they found doors locked and had to enter through windows. Eight staff members have been suspended and prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation, with the report describing the disaster as the result of "structural and institutional failure," compounded by the fact that hospital management had been warned of fire safety shortcomings just one month earlier after a separate fire in another part of the building.