COVID-19 patients, medical sources at three nearby hospitals said.The fire at the Ibn Khatib hospital in the Diyala Bridge area of the Iraqi capital occurred after an accident caused an oxygen tank to explode, the sources said.Many ambulances were rushing towards the hospital, ferrying away those hurt by the fire, a Reuters photographer nearby said.
Fire at Indian hospital treating COVID-19 patients kills 12 as health system struggles Patients not injured in the incident were also being transferred out of the hospital, the medical sources said.The head of Iraqi civil defense unit said the fire broke out in the floor designated for the pulmonary intensive care unit and that 90 people have been rescued from the hospital out of 120, state.