A view shows firefighting vehicles following an accident at a hospital in the city of Ryazan, Russia June 9, 2021. Russia's Emergencies Ministry in Ryazan Region/Handout via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three people were killed on Wednesday in a blaze that broke out at a Russian hospital treating patients with COVID-19, the authorities said, with one official suggesting a faulty ventilator was to blame.
Since the start of the pandemic, Russia has reported several fires at intensive care units that doctors said were caused by malfunctioning ventilators used to treat patients severely ill with the virus.
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