Fire kills one at Moscow virus hospital construction site
One person died when a fire tore through workers’ tents at the construction site of a new hospital for coronavirus patients outside Moscow, officials said yesterday.
The reason for the blaze had not been immediately known nonetheless it reportedly broke out in a tent containing a stove.
An emergencies ministry spokesman told AFP the fire, which covered 90 square metres, broke out in workers’ accommodation at the website.
“Three tents have caught fire,” the spokesman said.
“Unfortunately, one individual died,” he said, declining to give other details.
The construction site is situated between the villages of Babenki and Golokhvastovo just outside Moscow.
Moscow city authorities have already been rushing to create a medical facility for coronavirus patients styled on a hospital built-in China in record time.
A lot more than 3,000 builders are involved in the Russian project, plus some of them live on the construction site.
The 500-bed hospital extending over 43 hectares was inspired by the “experience of Chinese partners,” city officials have said.
In February, China built a prefabricated hospital with 1,000 beds over 10 days in metropolis of Wuhan, the epicentre of its coronavirus epidemic.
Russia on Sunday reported 5,389 cases of the coronavirus and 45 fatalities but the real number of infections is believed to be higher. -- AFP
