Three patients, doctor die in Ukraine COVID hospital fire

Rescuers work at a scene of the accident following a fire at a regional hospital for infectious diseases in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in this handout picture released February 4, 2021. State Emergency Service Of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia region/Handout via REUTERS

KYIV (Reuters) - Three intensive care patients and a ward doctor died overnight in a fire a hospital treating coronavirus cases in Zaporizhzhya, southeastern Ukraine, the region's governor said on Thursday.

Oleksander Starukh said the fire broke out on the first floor of the hospital where patients were on ventilators. He said eight other patients unit were evacuated.