3 Patients Are Killed in a Fire That Broke out at a Hospital in the German City of Hamburg

3 Patients Are Killed in a Fire That Broke out at a Hospital in the German City of Hamburg
Firefighters with breathing apparatus and a ladder truck work at the Marienkrankenhaus hospital in Hamburg's Hohenfelde district of Hamburg, Germany Sunday, June 1, 2025. Steven Hutchings/dpa via AP
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BERLIN (AP) — Three older patients were killed and many people were injured in a fire that broke out overnight at a hospital in the German city of Hamburg, authorities said Sunday.

Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at the hospital, the Marienkrankenhaus, shortly after midnight. It broke out in a room in the geriatric ward, on the ground floor of the building, and spread to the facade of the floor above. Smoke spread across the building’s four floors, German news agency dpa reported.