Two people have died after another hospital fire in Romania.
The blaze broke out in the infectious disease wing of a hospital in the city of Ploiești, where 21 patients were receiving care, authorities said.
The cause of the fire, which was quickly extinguished, is not yet known, but an investigation was underway.
It is Romania's fourth deadly hospital blaze in a year.
Romanian officials said the two victims were male patients in the 70s, while a nurse also suffered serious burns to 20% of their body and was transferred to a hospital in Bucharest.
"There are 2 victims and 16 people who are evacuated and transferred to Ploiești County Hospital," the health ministry said in a statement.
According to the hospital's director, the facility was
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