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One Patient Dies, Five Injured In Fire At Kosovo's University Clinic In Pristina

University Clinical Center Kosovo in Pristina
University Clinical Center Kosovo in Pristina

One patient died and five were injured in a fire that broke out in one of the emergency and intensive psychiatric ward rooms at the University Clinical Center Kosovo in Pristina on August 23. A patient is suspected of having started the fire at night. Two doctors, two nurses, and one patient were being treated for smoke inhalation. The clinic was evacuated and the fire extinguished. Kosovar police are now investigating the fire. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Balkan Service click here.

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