Contemporary era · 2021
2021 Baghdad hospital fire
On the night of 24 to 25 April 2021, a fire at the Ibn al-Khatib hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, left at least 92 people dead and 110 others injured. The fire was started by the explosion of oxygen tanks designated for COVID-19 patients. A lack of fire detection and suppression systems contributed to the spread of the fire, and many died as a result of being taken off their ventilators to escape.
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- When
- 24 Apr 2021
- Where
- Ibn al-Khatib Hospital
- Era
- Contemporary
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