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Nine people have been killed after an oxygen ventilator exploded at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in southern Turkey, officials say.
The blast caused a fire in the intensive care unit of the private Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep, the local governor's office said.
At least one of the patients died while being transferred to another hospital.
Turkey has recorded nearly two million coronavirus cases and 17,610 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
No injuries were reported in relation to the fire, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning and was quickly put out.
The victims were aged between 56 and 85, the hospital said in a statement.
An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the explosion.
Read more here. (BBC)
The blast caused a fire in the intensive care unit of the private Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep, the local governor's office said.
At least one of the patients died while being transferred to another hospital.
Turkey has recorded nearly two million coronavirus cases and 17,610 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.
No injuries were reported in relation to the fire, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning and was quickly put out.
The victims were aged between 56 and 85, the hospital said in a statement.
An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the explosion.
Read more here. (BBC)
