A fire that broke out in an intensive care ward in a hospital in St. Petersburg in Russia has killed five people with Covid-19, according to Russian media reports.
The fire may have been caused due to one of the ventilation machines short-circuiting, Russian news agency Tass reported Tuesday, citing a source in the emergency services.
“Five patients put on artificial ventilation machines were killed in the fire,” the source said.
The press service of The Ministry of Emergency Situations informed Tass that the fire at St. George Hospital in Russia’s second-largest city had been contained and that there had been casualties, but did not provide the exact number of people killed.
“150 people have been evacuated,” the press service told the state news agency.
The news agency noted that since mid-March, St. George Hospital in St. Petersburg has been re-equipped to treat patients diagnosed with Covid-19.
