What the records say
- When
- 29 Jan 2021
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 44.46° N, 26.11° E
- Description
- 2021 fire in Bucharest, Romania
Matei Balș hospital fire
2021 fire in Bucharest, Romania
On 29 January 2021, at around 05:00 EET, a fire broke out at the COVID-19 facility in the Prof. Dr. Matei Balș National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Bucharest, Romania, killing five people. On 4 February 2021, the death toll on the fire was reported to have risen to 12.
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