Two reported killed, dozens hurt in hospital fire in Germany
Key takeaways
- At least 34 injured after fire at the only hospital in the town of Ludwigslust; probe into the blaze is ongoing.
- The blaze broke out early on Thursday at the Helene-von-Bulow-Klinikum, a local facility in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district.
- According to reports from the German public broadcaster NDR, the fire originated in a patient’s room before rapidly spreading to the roof trusses directly above the hospital’s radiology department.
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At least 34 injured after fire at the only hospital in the town of Ludwigslust; probe into the blaze is ongoing.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Firefighters and police at the scene of a fire at a hospital in Ludwigslust, Germany, on July 2 [Jens Büttner/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images]By AP and DPAPublished On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026A fire has swept through a hospital in the northeastern German town of Ludwigslust, killing two patients and injuring 34 others, local authorities and German media reported.
The blaze broke out early on Thursday at the Helene-von-Bulow-Klinikum, a local facility in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district.