The fire that broke out on April 6, 2022 at the Pulmonology Clinic of the Papanikolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki was caused by a cigarette, according to the conclusion of an expert's report.
According to ThessToday.gr, the expert said among other things in his conclusion that the patient who lit the cigarette was engulfed by flames and took off his upper clothes that were burning, which he threw on another patient of the ward, who due to the oxygen administered to him, caught fire himself and ended up. The fire subsequently spread.
The fire broke out at 9:00 a.m. on April 6 in ward 206, on the second floor of the Pulmonology Department, which was operating as a Covid-19 unit. The 79-year-old man who died as a result of the fire was hospitalized with coronavirus because of a problem with his lungs.
The cigarette appears to have been lit by a 52-year-old patient, who was hospitalized in critical condition. A few hours after the incident, he himself died. Firefighters had rushed to the scene and it took 30 minutes to bring the fire under full control.
Source: protothema.gr
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