01-06-2025
Fire at Hamburg hospital kills at least 3, dozens more injured
1 June 2025 09:03
HAMBURG (dpa)Three people have died in a fire at a hospital in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said on than 50 people were injured, 16 of them seriously, a fire department spokesman told fire broke out on the ground floor of the Marien Hospital overnight on Saturday before spreading to the first fire reportedly broke out in the hospital's geriatric ward, which specialises in the care of elderly patients. How the fire started was initially unclear, as was the extent of the rescued people through the windows, the spokesman 160 rescue workers were deployed to the flames had been extinguished and parts of the building evacuated, the spokesman said.
According to its own information, the hospital is one of the largest denominational hospitals in northern Germany. It has about 600 beds and treats approximately 93,000 patients each year.
