Grief, anger as 92 dead in Iraq Covid unit fire July 14 2021 12:33 AM RELATED STORIES
A man reacts at the ravaged coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital after a massive fire overnight in Nasiriyah yesterday. (AFP)
Text Size: Reuters/ Nassiriya The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said yesterday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there.
More than 100 people were injured in the blaze on Monday night in Nassiriya, officials said.
An investigation showed the fire began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded, police and civil defence authorities said.
Posted : 2021-07-14 10:32
Updated : 2021-07-14 10:32
Rescue workers and civilians clean up the fire site at a coronavirus hospital ward, where people died, in the al-Hussein hospital, Nasiriyah, Iraq, July 13. Health officials said many others were injured in the blaze that erupted July 12. AP-Yonhap
The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there.
More than 100 people were injured in the blaze on Monday night in Nassiriya, officials said.
An investigation showed the fire began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded, police and civil defense authorities said.
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NASSIRIYA, Iraq, July 13 (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there.
More than 100 people were injured in the blaze on Monday night in Nassiriya, officials said.
An investigation showed the fire began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded, police and civil defence authorities said. read more
It was Iraq s second such tragedy in three months, and the country s president on Tuesday blamed corruption for both. A statement from the prime minister s office called for national mourning.
Anger mounts after 92 killed in Iraq Covid hospital fire July 13 2021 05:10 PM RELATED STORIES
Mourners react next to the coffins of victims, who were killed in a fire that broke out at al-Hussai
Text Size: Coronavirus ward gutted after oxygen tank explodes A tragedy waiting to happen, says medic at hospital Similar fire in Baghdad in April killed 82
The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there.
More than 100 people - patients and visitors - were injured in the blaze on Monday night in Nassiriya, officials said.
People gather as they inspect the damage at al-Hussain coronavirus hospital where a fire broke out, in Nassiriya, Iraq, July 13. Reuters
NASSIRIYA: The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities faced accusations of negligence from grieving relatives and a doctor who works there.
More than 100 people were injured in the blaze on Monday night in Nassiriya, officials said.
An investigation showed the fire began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded, police and civil defence authorities said.
It was Iraq’s second such tragedy in three months, and the country’s president on Tuesday blamed corruption for both. A statement from the prime minister’s office called for national mourning.