#11 patients dead in fire at temporary COVID-19 hospital in India
“#11 patients dead in fire at temporary COVID-19 hospital in India”
August 10, 2020 | 9:28am
AP
REUTERS/Idrees Mohammed
AP
The deadly inferno swept through Hotel Swarna Palace in the city of Vijayawada early Sunday morning, the UK’s Metro reported.
The hotel was being used to house COVID-19 patients.
A police spokesman said the cause of the blaze, which was brought under control in a half hour, appeared to be an electrical short circuit.
Twenty-two people were rushed to the hospital with injuries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “anguished” by the fatal fire — the second in India in three days.
On Thursday, eight patients died at a coronavirus hospital in Ahmedabad when a fire broke out inside the critical care unit, the BBC reported.
A short circuit is also to blame in that blaze, which spread after a staff member’s PPE kit caught fire.
India has recorded more than 2.1 million COVID-19 cases — the third-highest number in the world.
On Sunday, the country recorded a new single-day record of 64,000 cases.
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