82 dead after fire of coronavirus ward of Baghdad hospital

82 dead after fire of coronavirus ward of Baghdad hospital
By Samya Kullab
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A view of Ibn al-Hatip Hospital as fire erupts at the hospital where coronavirus patients were being treated in Baghdad, Iraq on April 24, 2021.(Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
BAGHDAD (AP) - The death toll from a massive fire in a Baghdad hospital for coronavirus patients rose to 82 Sunday, as anxious relatives searched for those missing and the government suspended key health officials for alleged negligence.
The blaze, described by one witness as "volcanoes of fire," swept through the intensive care unit of the Ibn al-Khatib hospital which tends exclusively to coronavirus patients with severe symptoms. Officials said the blaze, which also injured 110 people, was set off by an exploding oxygen cylinder.

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