Overview

• A 72-year-old patient was arrested in connection with the blaze at Marienkrankenhaus hospital in Hamburg.
• The fire began just after midnight on June 1 in a ground-floor geriatric ward and spread to the facade of the first floor.
• Firefighters extinguished the flames within about 20 minutes, rescuing trapped patients using ladders and fire escape hoods.
• Three elderly men aged 84, 85 and 87 died and more than 30 people sustained injuries ranging from critical to minor.
• Hamburg police and the fire department are jointly investigating the cause while the hospital’s operating theatres remain unaffected.