Five die in fire in Bangladesh hospital COVID-19 unit

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DHAKA: Five people were killed in a top Bangladesh hospital on Wednesday (May 27) after a fire swept through a makeshift coronavirus isolation ...

"Fire service teams have controlled the fire in around a hour. Five people have died of suffocation due to the fire," Hasan said.

The blaze quickly raced through the unit due to the presence of flammable items such as sanitizer, Dhaka police deputy commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty told AFP."Three of those who have died are COVID-19 patients and the rest two were COVID-19 negatives," he said. Police said the fire originated at 9.48 pm Bangladesh time and soon engulfed the isolation unit, which was built adjacent to the hospital in recent weeks to treat suspected coronavirus patients.Bangladesh’s United Hospital fire under control

 

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