(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 26 – Eleven babies died in a fire in a hospital in the city of Tivaouane, in western Senegal. The president of the country, Macky Sall, announced on Twitter. “I have just learned with pain and dismay of the deaths of 11 newborns in the fire in the neonatal ward of the public hospital,” he wrote. The causes of the fire are currently unknown.
The tragedy occurred at the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital, in the transport hub of Tivaouane, and was caused by “a short circuit”, according to Senegalese politician Diop Sy. “The fire spread very quickly,” he said. City mayor Demba Diop reported that “three children have been saved”. The hospital had recently opened.
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