Official: Death toll at 23 in hospital fire in eastern India

India's federal health minister says at least 23 people died after a fire broke out in a private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Bhubneswar.

Minister J P Nadda disclosed the increased death toll in an interview with the Times Now TV news station.

Earlier, a local legislator, Vijay Mohanti, said the fire broke out late Monday and spread to the intensive care unit at the private Sum Hospital in Bhubneswar.