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Four premature babies die in hospital fire in Iraq

A fire broke out at the Women and Children's Hospital in Diwaniyiah, Iraq, damaging a pile of construction debris and causing minor injuries to some patients.
Although the hospital building didn't burn, four infants died due to chest problems caused by smoke inhalation.
The Red Crescent Society successfully evacuated 150 children and 190 relatives from the hospital, and an investigation into the fire's cause has been launched.

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Associated Press News

Four premature babies die in hospital fire in Iraq

Health officials say a fire erupted at a hospital in southern Iraq, sending smoke through a maternity ward and killing four premature babies. Iraqi health minister Saleh al-Hasnawi tells journalists

4 months ago·United States

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abc News

Four premature babies die in hospital fire in Iraq

Health officials say a fire erupted at a hospital in southern Iraq, sending smoke through a maternity ward and killing four premature babies

4 months ago·United States

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KIFI

Four premature babies die in hospital fire in Iraq

By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Health officials say a fire erupted at a hospital in southern Iraq, sending smoke through a maternity ward and killing four premature babies. Iraqi health minister Saleh al-Hasnawi tells journalists at the scene that the fire at the Women and Children’s Hospital in Diwaniyiah started at a pile of debris belonging to a company working on renovations at the hospital. Al-Hasnawi says the hospital…

4 months ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Metro News

Four babies killed in fire at maternity hospital

Multiple fire engines and ambulances were deployed at the scene (Picture: APA TV) Four babies were killed in a fire at a maternity hospital just hours after their birth. Footage shows firefighters rushing into the premises as flames were raging inside and bringing out newborns from the neonatal unit. A crowd gathered outside the building in Baku, Azerbaijan, as several fire engines pumped water, trying to extinguish the blaze on what looks to b…

4 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Winnipeg Free Press

Four premature babies die in hospital fire in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — A fire erupted Monday evening at a hospital in southern Iraq, sending smoke through a maternity ward and killing four babies who had been born prematurely, health […]

4 months ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Arab News

Four children die in Iraq hospital fire

DIWANIYAH, Iraq: Four children were killed in a fire Monday in a maternity ward in southern Iraq, the Iraqi health ministry and Red Cross announced. The Iraqi Red Cross said in a communique that 150 children and 190 adults were evacuated from the fire in the town of Diwaniyah, about 175 kilometers south of Baghdad. The fire was caused by an electrical short-circuit that lit

4 months ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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