One person was killed after a fire broke out at a St Petersburg hospital, treating patients with infectious diseases, the RIA news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Officials from the emergency services said the blaze broke out in the bedding of a patient with hepatitis, the TASS news agency reported.
An official told the RIA that the patient had been smoking.
A deadly fire at a Russian hospital last month was attributed to ventilators used to treat patients infected with the novel coronavirus.
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