Mum’s horror as eleven newborn babies killed after blaze rips through maternity ward

MUMS have been left horrified after a blaze ripped through a maternity ward killing eleven newborn babies. The tragic incident happened in the town of Tivaouane, Senegal last night. PMC TVThe fire killed eleven newborn babies in Tivaouane, Senegal[/caption] The country’s President Macky Sall confirmed the tragedy and offered his condolences to the heartbroken parents. He tweeted: “I have just learned with pain and consternation the death of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred in the neonatology department of the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital in Tivaouane. “To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy. According to the country’s health minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, investigators believe the fire was caused by a short circuit.