Blaze at COVID-19 Field Hospital Kills 14: North Macedonia

Blaze at COVID-19 Field Hospital Kills 14: North Macedonia
A burned out makeshift hospital stands after a fire in North Macedonia's northwestern city of Tetovo, early Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Boris Grdanoski/AP Photo
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SKOPJE, North Macedonia—North Macedonia’s government declared three days of mourning Thursday following a deadly overnight fire in a COVID-19 field hospital that killed 14 people and injured a dozen.

The blaze broke out late Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the unit had been set up following a recent spike in infections in the region that left local hospitals full.