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At least 18 killed in India COVID hospital fire
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- 01 May, 2021
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At least 18 coronavirus patients were killed as a fire broke out in a hospital in western India, police said early Saturday.
Hospital workers and firefighters rescued dozens of other patients at the hospital in Bharuch, a town in Gujarat state. The recovered patients were in stable condition.
The fire broke out at around 1:00 a.m. local time (0730 UTC) in a COVID-19 ward on the ground floor. Responders extinguished the fire within an hour, police said.
Patients were shifted to nearby hospitals, according to the Asia News International agency.
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Hindistanda xəstəxanada yanğın zamanı 18 nəfər koronavirus xəstəsi həlak olub - YENİLƏNİB
Число жертв пожара в больнице в Индии достигло 18 - ОБНОВЛЕНО
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