Fire broke out on the sixth floor of an intensive care unit at St. George's Hospital in St. Petersburg, killing five coronavirus patients connected to ventilation equipment, TASS news agency reported. , citing medical personnel.
Initial findings suggest the fire may have been caused by a fan short circuit or malfunction, state news agencies said.
The investigation committee, the main Russian law enforcement agency, said a criminal investigation had been opened into the case.
The incident is the second fatal fire in recent days in a hospital treating coronavirus patients in Russia. A fire broke out on Saturday night in a Moscow hospital treating, killing one and forcing the evacuation of patients, Russian state news agencies reported.
Russia reported 11,656 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 221,344.
The country is now ranked third in the world for confirmed cases, behind the United States and Spain, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Moscow is the most affected city in Russia, with 115,909 cases.
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