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At least ten coronavirus patients died on Saturday after an oxygen tank explosion triggered a fire at a hospital in southeastern Turkey, the health ministry said.
The blaze in an intensive care ward of the hospital in Gaziantep broke out when a tank on an artificial respirator exploded.
"We are profoundly saddened by this tragedy," Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said before a planned visit to the hospital.
All the victims were patients who had been hospitalised with the coronavirus. Other patients affected by the fire were transferred to other hospitals.
Police and medics gather outside Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep after the deadly explosion, 19 December, 2020.