On April 24, local time, a fire broke out in a hospital in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, that treated patients with COVID-19.
According to Agence France-Presse, the death toll from the accident has increased to 58 people.
According to media sources, the cause of the fire was the explosion of the oxygen cylinder.
Most of the dead were poisoned by carbon monoxide.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadimi expressed condolences to the victims of the fire in Khatib Hospital on the evening of the 24th and ordered the detention of hospital officials including the director during the investigation of the accident until the investigation is completed.
(Producing Le Xiaomin)
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]