Fire in psychiatry ward of Reșița county hospital burns one patient, 16 evacuated

The fire

A fire broke out shortly after 05:20 on Tuesday, 27 October, in a room on the second floor of Staționarul 2, the inpatient building of the Reșița County Emergency Hospital, where the psychiatry department operates. Flames and thick smoke alerted medical staff, who immediately started emergency procedures to protect patients. The Caraș-Severin County Emergency Situations Inspectorate reported that the blaze was put out quickly.

Evacuation and injury

Sixteen patients on the ward were moved out of the danger zone. One female patient suffered burns and was taken away by a SMURD ambulance crew for medical care. Reports describe the burns as the only injury.

Firefighting response

Firefighters from the Reșița detachment mobilised 19 military personnel, who arrived with three fire engines, one aerial rescue vehicle and one SMURD ambulance. Three crews from the county ambulance service supported the operation. The fire burned one bed in the room where it started, and firefighters extinguished it quickly.

Military firefighters19

Fire engines3

Aerial rescue vehicles1

SMURD ambulances1

County ambulance crews3

Military firefighters

19

Fire engines

3

Aerial rescue vehicles

1

SMURD ambulances

1

County ambulance crews

3

Data from the article text

Probable cause

Early information points to smoking in areas where it is not permitted as the probable cause of the fire.