Fire tears through Baghdad COVID hospital

Blaze broke out in a hospital for coronavirus patients after an oxygen cylinder exploded.

Dozens of people have been killed and injured in a fire at a hospital in southeastern Baghdad that was treating coronavirus victims. The blaze at the Ibn al-Khatib Hospital in the Diyala Bridge area of the Iraqi capital occurred after an oxygen tank exploded, medical sources said. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi ordered an investigation into the deadly fire and vowed to hold anyone who was negligent accountable.