One patient was found dead and about 25 patients, some of them confined to hospital beds and connected to oxygen cylinders, were rescued by the fire crews. Patients on the ward, members of the medical staff, and family members were evacuated.
A patient was found dead early Wednesday morning after a fire broke out on the fourth floor of Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba overnight.
A report of the fire was received at 3:23 AM by the Israel Fire and Rescue Services, and multiple teams were dispatched to the scene where they gained control over and extinguished the fire.
An investigation into the incident has been opened by the southern district Fire and Rescue Services and while details are still unclear, it is suspected that the fire was caused by a lit cigarette, Hebrew media reported.
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