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Berlin Hospital to Admit Three Crans-Montana Fire Victims on Saturday as Bochum Offers Two Burn Beds

German hospitals are preparing to treat severely burned survivors following a Cologne coordination request.

Overview

  • Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin expects the arrival of three severely injured patients on Saturday, according to a hospital spokesperson.
  • Coordinators have requested treatment in Germany for about 40 severely injured people, with some already being cared for in Stuttgart, Tübingen and Ludwigshafen.
  • Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil in Bochum has made two specialized burn-care beds available, though transfer timing has not been set.
  • Authorities report about 40 dead and 119 injured, and clinicians say many patients are young, with 22 airlifted cases averaging 16 to 26 years old.
  • Preliminary findings suggest fireworks placed in champagne bottles ignited a bar’s ceiling, triggering the New Year’s Eve blaze.