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Firefighters extinguish a fire that broke out at Ibn Al Khateeb hospital, south of Baghdad, EPA
Aftermath of a fire that ripped through the intensive care unit of Ibn Al Khateeb hospital, south of Iraq s capital Baghdad. EPA
Parts of the walls and windows of the second floor of Ibn Al Khateeb hospital in Baghdad were blackened by soot from the fire. EPA
At least 82 people died and another 110 injured when a fire broke out following the explosion of an oxygen tank at Ibn Al Khateeb hospital in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. EPA
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Dozens of people were killed when oxygen tank exploded late on Saturday at a hospital treating Covid-19 patients on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraqi security and health officials said.
The explosion caused a fire in the pulmonary intensive care unit on the second floor of the Ibn Al Khateeb hospital in Jisr Diyala district, the head of the Iraqi Civil Defenc
e said.
“Elderly and [coronavirus] patients were on pulmonary devices and that made it impossible for them to move,” Maj Gen Kadhim Bohan told state-run TV as firefighters battled flames behind him.
“The inferno and the smoke led to fatalities and injuries among them.”