Moscow – Five patients being treated for the coronavirus at a hospital in Russia have died after a fire which is thought to have been started by an overloaded ventilator broke out.
According to Russia emergency officials, the blaze at St George Hospital broke out in the Intensive Care Unit on the sixth floor on Tuesday morning, where patients are being treated for Covid-19.
The victims are said to have been on ventilators when the fire broke out.
Sources who chose to remain anonymous said the fire, potentially caused by a fault ventilator, was put out within 30 minutes of it starting and 150 patients were moved out of the site for safety.
The Russian Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation.
Another hospital fire took place at the Spasokukotsky Hospital in Moscow on Saturday, killing one person.
Russia’s confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 10,899 on Tuesday to over 220,000 while reporting over 2,000 Covid-19 related deaths.
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