Matei Balș hospital fire

2021 fire in Bucharest, Romania

44°27′21.5″N 26°06′49.1″E / 44.455972°N 26.113639°E / 44.455972; 26.113639TypeFireDeaths17

On 29 January 2021, at around 05:00 EET,[1] a fire broke out at the COVID-19 facility in the Prof. Dr. Matei Balș National Institute for Infectious Diseases [ro] in Bucharest, Romania, killing five people.[2] On 4 February 2021, the death toll on the fire was reported to have risen to 12.[3][4] The death toll rose again to 14 on 6 February 2021,[5] with one more death added to the death toll on 8 February 2021[6] and two more again on 9 February 2021.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Leonte, Cristian Andrei (29 January 2021). "Raed Arafat, despre incendiul de la Matei Balș: Din păcate avem 4 victime/ Comandantul intervenției: Primul apel a venit la 5.05, primul echipaj a ajuns după 8 minute/ Streinu-Cercel: Toți pacienții au fost mutați, peste 98% aveau nevoie de oxigen". G4 Media (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Fire at COVID-19 hospital in Romania kills five patients". Reuters. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Încă un pacient transferat după incendiul de la Matei Balș a murit. Bilanțul deceselor a ajuns la 12. Cine este ultima victimă" (in Romanian). Realitatea TV. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Un nou deces în urma incendiului de la "Matei Balș", la un pacient de 89 de ani" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Încă doi pacienți transferați după incendiul de la "Matei Balș" au murit" (in Romanian). Digi24. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Un nou deces în rândul pacienților transferați din pavilionul afectat de incendiul de la Matei Balș" (in Romanian). Digi24. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. ^ Cojan, Liviu (9 February 2021). "Au mai murit două persoane transferate de la spitalul Matei Balș după incendiu. Ancheta medico-legală va stabili cauzele deceselor". Digi24 (in Romanian).
Portals:
  • map Europe
  • flag Romania
  • v
  • t
  • e
Incidents
ResponsePeople
Officials
Notable deaths
See alsoData
  • Medical cases table
  • Medical cases chart
  • v
  • t
  • e
Pre-pandemic
2020
2021
2022
2023 and after
Africa
Northern
Eastern
Southern
Central
Western
Asia
Central/North
East
Mainland China
South
India
By location
Southeast
Malaysia
Philippines
West
Europe
United Kingdom
By location
Eastern
Western Balkans
European Union
EFTA countries
Microstates
North
America
Atlantic
Canada
Caribbean
Countries
British Overseas Territories
Caribbean Netherlands
French West Indies
US insular areas
Central America
United States
responses
By location
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
South
America
Others
Culture and
entertainment
Arts and
cultural heritage
Education
By country
Sports
By country
By sport
Society
and rights
Social impact
Labor
Human rights
Legal
Minority
Religion
Economic
By country
By industry
Supply and trade
Financial markets
Information
Misinformation
Politics
Political impact
Protests
International relations
Language
Others
Health issues
Medical topics
Testing and
epidemiology
Apps
Prevention
Vaccines
Topics
Authorized
DNA
Inactivated
mRNA
Subunit
Viral vector
Virus-like particles
In trials
Attenuated
  • COVI-VAC (United States)
DNA
Inactivated
RNA
Subunit
Viral vector
Virus-like particles
Deployment
by location
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
Others
Treatment
Monoclonal antibodies
Small molecule antivirals
Specific
General
Institutions
Hospitals and
medical clinics
Mainland China
Others
Organizations
Global
By location
Health
institutes
Pandemic
institutes
Relief funds
People
Medical
professionals
Researchers
Officials
WHO
  • Tedros Adhanom (Director-General of the WHO)
  • Bruce Aylward (Team lead of WHO-China COVID-19 mission)
  • Maria Van Kerkhove (Technical Lead for COVID-19 response)
  • Michael J. Ryan (Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme)
By location
Others
Deaths
Data (templates)
Global
Africa
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Comoros
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
    • cases chart
  • Ivory Coast
  • Kenya
  • Libya
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco (including occupied Western Sahara)
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nigera
    • cases chart
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
    • cases chart
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
    • cases chart
Americas
  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
    • by province
    • vaccinations by province
  • Chile
    • by commune
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
    • cases chart
  • Cuba
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Mexico
    • cases chart
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • United States
    • by state
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
Asia
  • Afghanistan
  • Armenia
    • Artsakh
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
    • by division
  • Bhutan
    • cases chart
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
    • cases chart
    • summary
  • China
    • cases chart
    • confirmed per capita
    • lockdowns
    • by province
    • Hong Kong
    • Macau
  • Cyprus
  • East Timor
  • Egypt
  • Georgia
  • India
  • Indonesia
    • cases chart
  • Iran
    • cases chart
  • Iraq
  • Israel
    • cases chart
  • Japan
    • cases chart
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kuwait
    • cases chart
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Malaysia
    • cases chart
    • charts
  • Myanmar
    • cases chart
    • summary
  • Nepal
    • cases chart
  • Oman
    • cases chart
  • Pakistan
    • cases chart
  • Philippines
    • cases chart
    • areas of quarantine
    • vaccinations chart
  • Qatar
  • Russia
    • cases chart
    • by federal subject
    • North Asia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
    • cases chart
    • vaccinations charts
  • Sri Lanka
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
    • vaccination charts
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
    • cases chart
  • Turkey
    • cases chart
  • United Arab Emirates
    • cases chart
  • Uzbekistan
    • cases chart
  • Vietnam
    • statistics charts
  • Yemen
Europe
  • Albania
  • Austria
    • cases chart
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
    • cases chart
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
    • cases chart
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
    • cases chart
    • Faroe Islands
  • Estonia
    • cases chart
  • Finland
  • France
    • cases chart
  • Germany
    • cases chart
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
    • cases chart
  • Ireland
    • cases chart
  • Italy
    • cases chart
    • statistics charts
    • vaccinations chart
  • Kosovo
  • Latvia
  • cases chart
  • Lithuania
    • cases chart
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
    • cases chart
  • Poland
    • cases chart
    • by voivodeship
  • Portugal
    • cases chart
  • Romania
  • cases chart
  • Russia
    • cases chart
    • by federal subject
    • North Asia
  • San Marino
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
    • cases chart
    • by region
  • Slovenia
    • cases chart
  • Spain
    • cases chart
  • Sweden
    • cases chart
  • Switzerland
    • cases chart
  • Turkey
    • cases chart
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
    • Scotland
      • 2020
      • 2021
    • Gibraltar
    • vaccinations chart
      • daily
      • by nation
  • Vatican City
Oceania
  • Australia
    • by state/territory
  • Fiji
  • French Polynesia
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands
Others
  • Cruise ships
    • Diamond Princess
  • v
  • t
  • e
Political activities
Parties
Elections
Family
Events
Stub icon

This Romania-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article about the COVID-19 pandemic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e