A woman in her 30s was seriously injured in an apartment building fire in Beersheba on Wednesday night.
Eight residents of the building were taken to the nearby Soroka Medical Center for treatment, including two toddlers, the hospital said. They suffered from minor to moderate injuries. The seriously injured woman, who was sedated and intubated in the intensive care unit (ICU).
The Magen David Adom emergency service said the seriously injured woman was taken to the hospital with her toddler son.
The fire started in a four-story building in the southern city’s Dov Yosef Street.
Firefighters were still working to put out the fire late Wednesday night but were believed to have successfully evacuated the building of all residents.
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It was not immediately clear what had caused the building fire.
In late December, a hospital patient was found dead after a fire erupted at Soroka.
The Israel Fire and Rescue Services said the blaze broke out in a hospital wing housing dozens of patients, who were evacuated by firefighters. Medical workers and the family of a patient were also cleared from the building. The fire service announced that a special investigative team was being set up to probe the incident.
