List of hospital fires in Romania during the COVID-19 pandemic

Last updated December 03, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the following hospital fires occurred in Romanian healthcare facilities:

Date	Hospital	Location	Victims	Circumstances	Reference(s)
14 Nov 2020	Piatra Neamț Emergency Hospital	Piatra Neamț	15 deaths	The Piatra Neamț hospital fire occurred in the Intensive Care Department	^[1]^[2]^[3]
4 Dec 2020	III Medical Clinic	Târgu Mureș	No victims	Electrical fire	^[4]
25 Dec 2020	Socola Psychiatric Clinic Hospital	Iași	1 death	Caused by a patient's cigarette igniting a mattress	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2 Jan 2021	Romanian Hospital			Cigarette fire in the psychiatry department	^[1]^[2]^[3]
5 Jan 2021	Psychiatric Hospital	Gătaia	No deaths	Mattress fire caused by patient smoking in the COVID-19 ward	^[1]^[2]^[3]
29 Jan 2021	Prof. Dr. Matei Balș National Institute for Infectious Diseases	Bucharest	17 deaths	The Matei Balș hospital fire occurred at 5am fire in a COVID-19 ward	^[1]^[2]^[3]
21 Feb 2021	Marius Nasta Institute			Fire in ventilation system	^[1]^[2]^[3]
8 March 2021	Psychiatric Hospital in Craiova	Craiova	3 staff injuries from jumping out of window	Patient ignited a mattress on the ground floor	^[1]^[2]^[3]
21 April 2021	Slatina County Hospital	Slatina	6 injuries by intoxication	Started by patient	^[1]^[2]^[3]
22 June 2021	"Sfânta Maria" Clinical Emergency Hospital for Children	Iași		Third floor fire	^[5]
24 July 2021	Constanța County Hospital	Constanța	4 doctors self-evacuated	Dehumidifier electrical short circuit in operation theatre	^[1]^[2]^[3]
1 Oct 2021	Constanța Hospital for Infectious Diseases	Constanța	9 deaths	Constanța hospital fire	^[1]^[2]^[3]
11 Nov 2021	Movila COVID Support Hospital	Ploiești	2 deaths	A fire in a lounge on the ground floor	^[1]^[2]^[3]

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ""Pandemie" de incendii în spitalele din România. 11 tragedii, zeci de victime și niciun vinovat". Stirileprotv.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "11 incendii în mai puțin de un an în spitalele din România. Cele mai mari tragedii au fost în secțiile ATI care tratează pacienții cu COVID în stare gravă". G4 Media (in Romanian). 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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[4] Dobrescu, Petre (4 December 2020). "Incendiu la secția ATI a unei clinici din Târgu Mureș din cauza unei prize". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[5] "Incendiul izbucnit la Spitalul de Copii "Sfânta Maria" din Iași a fost lichidat. Nu există victime". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

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