At least 11 newborn babies were killed in a fire at a hospital in Baghdad, authorities said Wednesday.
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The babies were in the pre-term birth unit in Yarmouk Hospital and died of suffocation, said Ahmed al-Rdainy, a spokesman for the ministry.
Nineteen women suffered burns and smoke inhalation and were transferred to another hospital for treatment.
Initial investigations suggested it started as an electrical fire caused by equipment failure.
No other details were immediately available.
He added that 29 other infants in Yarmouk “were evacuated to other hospitals in the capital”.
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