Latest World News | World | The Australian theaustralian.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theaustralian.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Views: Visits 19
Police cordon off the area in front of the privately-run Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep after nine patients, all infected with Covid-19, died in a fire on December 19, 2020. (Photo by Kadir Gunes / Demiroren News Agency (DHA) / AFP)
At least nine 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.