Firefighters put out the blaze, which was caused by an electrical short circuit, on Tuesday The hospital administration said that 27 patients were evacuated and taken to other medical facilities CAIRO: Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, Egypt’s health minister, on Wednesday ordered an investigation into a fire that engulfed the intensive care unit of the Sidi Salem Central Hospital in Kafr El-Sheikh, 134 km from Cairo. Firefighters put out the blaze, which was caused by an electrical short circuit, on Tuesday. Five fire engines and 21 ambulances raced to the scene to rescue patients. The hospital’s power supply was also cut. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry, said the fire broke out in the nursing room at the ICU. The hospital administration said that 27 patients were evacuated and taken to other medical facilities. No one was injured in the blaze. However, one patient, a 68-year-old who had suffered a stoke, died two hours after being transferred. Kafr El-Sheikh Gov. Maj. Gen. Jamal Nour El-Din later visited the scene of the fire and directed authorities to return the hospital to full operation as soon as possible. In February, three people died and 32 were injured when fire broke out in a private hospital in the El-Matareya district of Cairo.