# ‘I could not save the rest’: Hero nurse recalls Pakistan nursery fire

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-05 04:29 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/9/5/i-could-not-save-the-rest-hero-nurse-remembers-pakistans-nursery-fire?traffic_source=rss

> Razia Noreen, a nurse at Islamabad’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, recalls rushing into a burning nursery and carrying out one newborn. Fourteen of the 15 babies died. An interim government inquiry said the precise cause remained inconclusive, with possible links to an air conditioner, incubator or electrical short circuit.

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