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| At least 5 patients dead, 150 evacuated after fire breaks out at Covid-19 hospital in St. Petersburg | At least 5 patients dead, 150 evacuated after fire breaks out at Covid-19 hospital in St. Petersburg |
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| At least five patients have perished in a major fire at a hospital in St. Petersburg – which had been designated to treat patients with Covid-19 – while 150 people were evacuated to safety. | |
| Emergency services were alerted about a fire at the Saint George Hospital at around 6:30am local time. Plumes of smokes were coming out of the building’s sixth floor. | |
| At least five people died, officials told local media. Citing sources, media reported that the victims were patients receiving artificial lung ventilation. Around 150 people were evacuated. | |
| The hospital was repurposed to treat Covid-19 patients after the start of the outbreak, and has more than 5,480 beds. Firefighters were deployed to the scene, and the fire is reported to currently be under control. | |
| According to local media, a response team was previously called to the hospital on May 1 to neutralize a chemical leak on the third floor. | |
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