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Five coronavirus patients die in fire at Russian hospital after ventilator shorts
- Inferno swept a Covid-19 intensive care ward in a hospital in Russia
- 150 patients had to be evacuated from St. George City Hospital in Saint Petersburg
- The five people who died are believed to have been connected to fans at the time.
- Eleven people in the same room on the sixth floor were rescued and taken to the lower floor
- Here we show you how to help people affected by Covid-19
Five coronavirus patients died today in a fire at a Russian hospital due to a short circuit that ignited a ventilation machine.
One hell spread through a Covid-19 intensive care ward at St. George City Hospital in St. Petersburg. A total of 150 patients were evacuated.
It is understood that the five people who died were connected to fans at that time.
One hell spread through a Covid-19 intensive care ward at a hospital in St. Petersburg. In the photo, damage to the living room windows
Eleven in the same room on the sixth floor were rescued and taken to the ground floor of the hospital.
“A malfunction of electrical equipment, a short circuit failure, is considered the preliminary reason,” said a spokesman for the emergency services.
The fire destroyed 108 square feet inside the hospital after the sudden fire at 6.20 a.m. (4.20 a.m., UK time).
A total of 150 patients were evacuated from St. George City Hospital, emergency services said.
Eleven in the same room on the sixth floor were rescued and taken to the lower floor of the hospital.
Smoke was seen coming out of the hospital window that had been recategorized to deal with coronavirus patients during the pandemic
Fire rescue teams gathered in the hospital parking lot and on a nearby highway to deal with the fire.
Emergency services later said the fire had been located.
Smoke was seen coming out of the hospital window that had been recategorized to deal with coronavirus patients during the pandemic.
It is the second similar fire in three days in Russia.
Workers of the St. Petersburg Fire Service are disinfected after a fire at the Saint George Municipal Hospital
A Russian emergency worker disinfects two men near the scene of the deadly fire
The fire destroyed 108 square feet inside the hospital (pictured) after the sudden fire at 6.20 a.m. (4.20 a.m., UK time)
On Saturday, a 95-year-old woman, Evdokia Butryakova, died in a Moscow hospital when an oxygen balloon that supplied a ventilator exploded and caused a fire that led to the evacuation of 295 patients.
The charred body of the pensioner was found after the fire at Hospital Clinico 50 was extinguished.
Authorities are examining the causes of both fires.
