At least nine dead after fire breaks out in Romanian hospital

Firefighters put out a blaze at the Covid-19 ICU section of the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania (Romanian Emergency Situations Inspectorate via AP)

At least nine people have died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Romania’s port city of Constanta.

All other patients had been evacuated from Constanta’s Hospital for Infectious Diseases and the fire had been extinguished by mid-morning on Friday, Romania’s emergency situations inspectorate said.