Pakistan PIMS fire: Witnesses say door was locked as Islamabad hospital blaze killed 14 babies - BBC News

The hospital tells the BBC the ward door was not locked but manned with security guards, to protect the babies.

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Watch: Hivsa Walid describes grabbing newborn and fleeing from hospital as fire raged

It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted.

It would go on to kill 14 infants as parents say they waited hours for help to arrive.

Hivsa Walid was near the room at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital with her sister-in-law, who had given birth days earlier. She initially heard a shout and thought a patient had died - but then she saw smoke.