From Patients evacuated as fire breaks out next to Bikur Holim hospital in Jerusalem
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Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze that broke out in a factory next to the Bikur Holim hospital in Jerusalem on February 15, 2023 (Fire Services)
Some 30 patients, including a premature baby, are evacuated from Bikur Holim hospital in Jerusalem after a fire breaks out in a factory next door, the hospital and police say.
The hospital says the move is done as a precaution and the patients are shifted to nearby Shaare Zedek hospital as firefighters battle the blaze.
Police say the area is covered in heavy smoke.
Fire services say 9 teams are on the scene working to put out the fire in the building and searching for people trapped inside.
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
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