{"id":182255,"date":"2023-12-10T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=182255"},"modified":"2023-12-10T09:19:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T09:19:15","slug":"three-dead-and-dozens-evacuated-as-horror-fire-destroys-italian-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/three-dead-and-dozens-evacuated-as-horror-fire-destroys-italian-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Three dead and dozens evacuated as horror fire destroys Italian hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three people died after a fire broke out at an Italian hospital. Emergency services rushed to San Giovanni Evangelista Hospital in Tivoli, on the outskirts of Rome, to quash the blaze and help evacuate the building.<\/p>\n

The flames, which firefighters took several hours to fully extinguish, are believed to have started in the basement and to have first involved a waste storage area before spreading quickly until reaching the A&E.<\/p>\n

Pictures taken after the blaze was extinguished show several floors blackened by the smoke and flames.<\/p>\n

Two of the victims had been admitted to the general medicine ward, while the third was in the A&E when the fire surprised them, according to Italian news agency ANSA.<\/p>\n

Emergency workers found a fourth body at the hospital, but the victim appears to have died shortly before the fire started at around 11pm December 8.<\/p>\n

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The evacuation of the hospital was deemed necessary after thick smoke engulfed the building. A total of 174 patients and 18 staff members were brought to safety.<\/p>\n

Three newborns were among the people evacuated from the hospital, according to Tivoli Mayor Giuseppe Proietti. A nearby gym was set up as an emergency hospital camp to assist patients in non-critical conditions as they waited to be transferred to other facilities, he added.<\/p>\n

Officials have launched an investigation against unknown persons for multiple manslaughter and negligent fire as they are trying to determine how the incident developed and who is responsible for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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