Baghdad hospital fire

When

24 Apr 2021

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

33.22° N, 44.51° E

Description

fire at Ibn al-Khatib Hospital on 24 April 2021

Deaths

82

Injured

110

Fire in Baghdad, Iraq started by exploding oxygen tanks

On the night of 24 to 25 April 2021, a fire at the Ibn al-Khatib hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, left at least 92 people dead and 110 others injured. The fire was started by the explosion of oxygen tanks designated for COVID-19 patients. A lack of fire detection and suppression systems contributed to the spread of the fire, and many died as a result of being taken off their ventilators to escape.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A fire at the COVID-19 quarantine section of al Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad kills at least 82 people and wounds 110 others in one of the worst fires in Iraqi…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “incendie de l'hôpital Ibn al-Khatib à Bagdad”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حريق مستشفى ابن الخطيب مما خلف 82 قتيلا وإصابة 110”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page