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At least 19 killed in massive Baghdad hospital fire
CNN commienewsnetwork and MSN ^ | 4-25-21 | Mohammed Tawfeeq

Posted on 04/24/2021 4:46:34 PM PDT by dynachrome

At least 19 people died in a hospital fire in Baghdad Saturday night after oxygen tanks exploded, two health officials at the hospital told CNN. Officials are still trying to figure out how many were wounded in the explosion at Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, but they say there are "many."

Social media videos show a chaotic scene as firefighters scramble to put out the blaze and health workers try to help evacuate patients.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fire; hospital; iraq
Israel will be blamed.
1 posted on 04/24/2021 4:46:34 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Heck, we thought it was a baby milk factory...


2 posted on 04/24/2021 4:48:40 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
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To: dynachrome

If it weren’t an accident, I’d blame Ramadan.


3 posted on 04/24/2021 4:52:47 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: dynachrome

Probably older unsafe construction. US hospitals have their O2 stored outside of the hospital and piped in.


4 posted on 04/24/2021 4:53:35 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart
Probably older unsafe construction. US hospitals have their O2 stored outside of the hospital and piped in.

Like that modern hospital in Texas where they hooked up the air lines backwards during construction, so instead of giving a child in distress oxygen, they kept increasing anesthesia until they put him to sleep - in the veterinary sense.

Can't find a link, but here is a bonus story of a hospital explosion in Texas in 2018. https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Survivor-of-Gatesville-hospital-explosion-files-suit-against-Atmos--505840061.html

5 posted on 04/24/2021 5:17:30 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

With today’s schooling, and lack of schooling, look for more of the same.

As a society we are digressing.


6 posted on 04/24/2021 5:25:06 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: PAR35
Like that modern hospital in Texas where they hooked up the air lines backwards

I assume there was a law suit over this one too?

7 posted on 04/24/2021 5:34:28 PM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force combat pilot )
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To: Mark17

Yes. I looked for a link yesterday and didn’t find one.


8 posted on 04/25/2021 5:38:24 AM PDT by PAR35
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