Matei Balș hospital fire

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Matei Balș hospital fire
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Date29 January 2021
VenueMatei Balș hospital
LocationBucharest, Romania
Coordinates44°27′21.5″N 26°06′49.1″E / 44.455972°N 26.113639°E / 44.455972; 26.113639Coordinates: 44°27′21.5″N 26°06′49.1″E / 44.455972°N 26.113639°E / 44.455972; 26.113639
TypeFire
Deaths5 (provoked by the fire)
15 (including deaths provoked by the evacuation from the hospital)

On 29 January 2021, a fire broke out at the COVID-19 facility in Matei Balș hospital in Bucharest, Romania, killing five people.[1] On 4 February 2021, the death toll on the fire was reported to have risen to 12.[2][3] The death toll rose again to 14 on 6 February 2021,[4] with one more death added to the death toll on 8 February 2021.[5]

See also[]

  • COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
  • List of building or structure fires
  • Piatra Neamț hospital fire
  • Socola hospital fire
  • Baghdad hospital fire

References[]

  1. ^ "Fire at COVID-19 hospital in Romania kills five patients". Reuters. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Încă un pacient transferat după incendiul de la Matei Balș a murit. Bilanțul deceselor a ajuns la 12. Cine este ultima victimă" (in Romanian). Realitatea TV. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Un nou deces în urma incendiului de la "Matei Balș", la un pacient de 89 de ani" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Încă doi pacienți transferați după incendiul de la "Matei Balș" au murit" (in Romanian). Digi24. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Un nou deces în rândul pacienților transferați din pavilionul afectat de incendiul de la Matei Balș" (in Romanian). Digi24. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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