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Berlin (AP) - In the fire in a clinic in the Berlin district of Zehlendorf, a person was killed on Friday.
In addition, according to the police, a patient died when she had to be relocated because of the fire.
A third patient, who, according to the clinic, was also dying like the woman, was already dead before the fire broke out, according to initial police investigations.
Six other people were injured, according to the police.
According to the clinic, two patients were seriously injured by the fire on Friday morning and are in intensive care.
The police reported three seriously injured people.
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Around 4 a.m., a patient's room caught fire for an unexplained cause, it said.
The fire brigade was called automatically by the triggered fire alarm system.
In the room lay the patient who had died in the fire.
According to the clinic, the flames could be extinguished within around two hours.
The affected part of the building had been completely cleared and 70 patients were relocated.
According to the fire department, up to 100 emergency services extinguished the flames.
The fire brigade wrote on Twitter that they had been in action for around three hours.
"There was also a lot of smoke."
The part of the building had been evacuated.
The work at the clinic in Walterhöferstrasse in Zehlendorf lasted until about 7 a.m.
According to the police, fire investigators are now looking for the cause.
A ward of the hospital is affected, said clinic manager Florian Kell.
Other wards had also been cleared for security reasons, and the patients had been moved to other parts of the building.
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