At least 41 killed, five injured in hospital fire in Iraq

At least 41 people were killed and five injured in a coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq’s southern city of Nassiriya, Dhi Qar.

“Health crews carried charred bodies out of the burning hospital while many patients were coughing from the rising smoke”, an Alghadeer reporter on the fire site said.

Dhi Qar Health declared a state of emergency, as civil defense teams controlled the fire

Health ministry officials saying that search operations in Al-Hussain Coronavirus hospital continued after the fire was brought under control.

Health sources said the death toll could rise as many patients are still missing.