AP: Fire in Baghdad Hospital Killed 82 People In COVID Unit
Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients.
The AP reports, “Negligence on the part of hospital authorities has been blamed for the Saturday night fire, which initial reports suggest was caused when an oxygen cylinder exploded.”
Fire tears through Baghdad COVID hospital after an oxygen cylinder exploded — in pictures https://t.co/yfBq1oSp2D pic.twitter.com/F7M7vO3ZUF
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 25, 2021
