Key takeaways:
- At least 29 people have died in a fire that broke out at Changfeng Hospital in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon.
- 26 of the 29 dead were patients, while the remaining three were hospital staff.
- The cause of the fire is currently under investigation and is the deadliest fire in Beijing in at least two decades.
At least 29 people have died in a fire that broke out at Changfeng Hospital in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon. The fire, which is believed to have originated from welding sparks, was extinguished in half an hour.
According to officials, 26 of the 29 dead were patients, while the remaining three were hospital staff. Dozens of people were forced to evacuate, with some trapped patients resorting to tying bedsheets together in order to escape from the windows.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Social media has shown dramatic videos of people using the bedsheets to climb down the walls to escape the smoke and flames. Broken and burned-out windows were visible at the site, where many police officers were present.
Li, an elderly local resident, said: “There was a lot of smoke, I could see it.” This is the deadliest fire in Beijing in at least two decades. Authorities are still determining the cause of the fire and the full extent of the damage.
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