At least 39 killed, 20 injured in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq
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Initial police reports suggested that an oxygen tank explosion inside the hospital's COVID-19 ward
At least 39 people werekilled and over 20 injured in a fire at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq's southern city of Nassiriya, health officials andpolice said on Monda, July 12, 2021. "Health crews carried charred bodies out of the burning hospital while many patients were coughing from the rising smoke," a Reuters reporter at the site of the fire site said. State-run Iraq News Agency cited Health Ministry officials as saying that search operations at the al-Hussain coronavirus hospital were continuing after the fire was brought under control.More Related News