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Patients killed in hospital fire in Germany
Three patients have been killed and dozens of other people were reportedly injured after a fire at a hospital in Germany.
The blaze broke out in a room in the geriatric ward of the Marienkrankenhaus early on Sunday. It started on the ground floor and spread to the level above, with smoke affecting much of the four-storey building in the city of Hamburg.
Firefighters were alerted soon after midnight. They said they found several patients calling for help from windows, and some people were rescued using ladders.
Three adults died and more than 30 were injured in the fire, the German news agency dpa said. One of the injured is in a life-threatening condition, while 18 have serious injuries and 15 have minor injuries, the agency added.
Read more from Sky News:Two dead and hundreds of arrests in France after PSG winBritain has 'lost control' of its borders, says minister Part of the building had to be evacuated, though the wounded were mostly treated at the hospital. Two injured people were taken to other nearby clinics.
The blaze was put out within about 20 minutes. Police said later on Sunday that witness interviews suggested a 72-year-old patient may have started the fire.
He was detained at the hospital on suspicion of arson..
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