A deadly blaze at a Beijing hospital this week killed 26 patients and injured dozens of others in one of the Chinese capital’s worst fires in at least 20 years, report Reuters.
Social media showed dramatic videos of people using tied bed sheets to climb down the walls to escape after the fire broke out at Changfeng Hospital on Tuesday. The flames were doused within half an hour.
All but three of the 29 dead were patients, with initial investigations revealing that the fire, which mostly affected a wing for critically ill patients, was caused by inflammable painting material at a ward under renovation.
Early on Wednesday, 39 injured were still in hospital, three in critical condition, and 18 serious, officials said.
Reuters article – Fire kills more than two dozen patients in Beijing hospital (Open access)
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