A fire at a hospital in Beijing has killed at least 29 people and forced dozens to evacuate, a Chinese government official has said. As clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky late on Tuesday, people trapped in the…
Twelve people have been detained by police for questioning after a hospital fire in Beijing killed at least 29, most of them patients. The fire, among the deadliest in recent years, broke out in Changfeng Hospital at about 13:00 local…
Eleven newborn babies have died in a hospital fire in Tivaouane, western Senegal, the country’s president has said. Macky Sall tweeted on Wednesday night: “I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in…
Ten people were taken to hospitals and several remain unaccounted for following an explosion and fire at a Maryland apartment building Thursday morning, authorities said. Firefighters responded to the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, just outside Washington, D.C., about…
A fire which enveloped a Covid isolation unit in southern Iraq killed 64 people, a medical source told AFP in an updated toll on Tuesday. "Sixty-four (bodies) were retrieved and 39 identified and handed over to their families," the source…
Four patients died this morning after a fire broke out at a private hospital near Maharashtra's Thane, around 28km from state capital Mumbai. Several others were injured in the fire. The patients died while being shifted to other hospitals after…
at least 82 people have been killed in a fire at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad. More than 100 others were injured in the blaze, which erupted at the Ibn Khatib hospital on…
A fire broke out in a hospital in western India early Friday, killing 13 COVID-19 patients, as an extreme surge in infections leaves the nation short of medical care and oxygen. India reported more than 314,000 new infections Thursday, the…
At least 10 people are dead after a fire in a building that housed a private hospital treating coronavirus patients in India. More than 70 patients were also evacuated from Sunrise Hospital in the Indian city of Mumbai on Friday…
23 patients were rescued after a fire broke out at a Covid-19 dedicated hospital in Gujarat's Vadodara on Wednesday evening. Several fire engines were rushed to the Shree Vijay Vallabh Sarvajanik Hospital in the Mandvi area of Vadodara city and…