More than 20 people have died in a fire at a Beijing hospital that forced the evacuation of dozens of patients.
abc.net.au/news/21-people-dead-in-beijing-hospital-fire-dozens-evacuated/102239354Twenty-one people have died in a fire at a Beijing hospital that forced the evacuation of dozens of patients, according to Chinese state media reports.
The fire broke out on Tuesday at around 12:57pm local time and was extinguished half an hour later, after an emergency team rushed to the scene of the accident in Beijing's Changfeng Hospital, according to the Beijing Daily. Staff removed 71 patients after the fire broke out Tuesday in the inpatient department of the hospital, state media including CGTN reported.
Videos of the fire circulating on social media show black smoke billowing from the building, with some people climbing out of the windows, using what appear to be makeshift ropes made from bedsheets."It's tragic. I can see the accident from the window of my house. A lot of people were standing on the air conditioning unit at noon, and some even jumped off," said a Weibo netizen.
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