Philippines douses five-hour blaze in hospital treating Covid-19 patients


Patients at Philippine General Hospital are evacuated after a fire broke past midnight in the government-run facility amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Manila on Sunday (May 16, 2021). - Reuters

MANILA, May 16 (Reuters): Firefighters put out a blaze early on Sunday at one of the Philippines' largest hospitals that had prompted the evacuation of dozens of patients from the facility, which also treats coronavirus sufferers.

No casualties were reported in the fire at the government-run Philippine General Hospital in the capital, Manila, which was extinguished at dawn. Its cause is not known.

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