Eight newborn babies died from a hospital fire in Algeria.
Algerian medical sources said on Tuesday that a huge fire broke out in the maternity ward of Bashir bin Nasser hospital, in the area of Wadi Souf, resulting in the death of the eight children.
According to information published by the Algerian newspaper "An-Nahar", the eight deaths are newborns, where they were completely burned, making it difficult to identify them, according to the sources of the newspaper.
The sources pointed out that the primary causes of the fire is an electric spark.
The families of the victims flocked to the maternity ward, where most of them suffer from hysterical cases, according to the newspaper.
The source added that there is a great secret in the provision of information, pointing to the presence of tight security reinforcements in place.