Fire in hospital kills 8 people in Gaziantep
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A fire in a private hospital’s COVID-19 intensive care unit killed eight people, the governor’s office in Turkey southeastern Kurdish province of Gaziantep said on Saturday, December 19.
The fire was caused by the explosion of an oxygen ventilator, the office said in a statement.
According to Reuters 11 other patients receiving treatment in the unit were transferred to nearby hospitals.
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