At least 23 dead in Ibn Al-Khatib hospital fire
2021-04-25T00:38:33+00:00
Shafaq news/ At least 23 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad.
Dozens of others were injured in the blaze, which erupted at the Ibn Al-Khatib hospital on Saturday night.
Reports say an accident had caused an oxygen tank to explode, sparking the blaze.
Videos on social media show firefighters scrambling to extinguish the flames as people flee the building.
The head of Iraq's Civil Defence, Major General Kadhim Bohan, told state media the fire broke out in the hospital's intensive-care unit, on a floor "designated for pulmonary resuscitation".
So far, emergency crew had rescued 90 out of 120 patients and relatives, state news agency INA quoted him as saying.
