Gaziantep hospital fire

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On 19 December 2020, a fire at occurred at privately run Sanko University hospital in Gaziantep, Turkey. It killed nine people who were aged between 56 and 85. The fire broke out in the intensive care unit which was treating COVID-19 patients. It started at 4:45am, caused by an oxygen cylinder exploding on the ward, while 19 patients were present.

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Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD