20 die after fire engulfs COVID-19 hospital in southern Iraq

  • 7/12/2021
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Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — At least 20 people were killed and five injured after a fire engulfed a coronavirus isolation ward in Al-Imam Al-Hussein Hospital in Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq on Monday, Iraq’s news agency reported quoting the official spokesman of the health directorate, was quoted as saying. The blaze prompted authorities to evacuate patients who are undergoing treatment inside the award. Earlier, the Iraqi interior ministry issued a statement saying that civil defense teams are battling a fire accident in the center of Dhi Qar governorate inside Al-Hussein Hospital.

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