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Three dead after fire in elderly ward at Hamburg hospital
Three people have died after a fire broke out overnight at a hospital ward caring for elderly people in north German city's fire brigade said they were unable to reach the three victims during the rescue effort. They died at the fire at the Marienkrankenhaus was reported shortly after 220 emergency workers were dispatched to tackle the blaze and treat patients. More than 35 people were injured.
Two people were taken to another hospital in the city for treatment. One person has life-threatening injuries, said the fire added 18 others had suffered serious injuries and another 15 people had minor of the injured were treated in the Marienkrankenhaus's emergency room by hospital the first firefighters arrived, a ground floor room at the hospital was already ablaze and the fire was threatening to spread to the room in other rooms came to their windows to tell firefighters they were unable to leave due to the smoke. The building has four fire brigade said they used turntable and portable ladders to rescue patients, several of whom were elderly and had mobility patients were helped out through corridors with the aid of fire escape hoods, a breathing apparatus used by fire brigades in smoke-filled were able to stop the flames spreading to other rooms in the hospital. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
