A fire broke out Sunday morning in the Clinic for Lung Diseases of the Tuzla University Clinical Centre, central Bosnia, in which a woman had died, Fena news agency reported.

The local Ministry of Internal Affairs received a report that there was a fire in the hospital in Slavinovici, in which one person was killed, Amra Kapidzic, a spokesperson for the Police Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior of Tuzla Canton, confirmed.

The Tuzla professional fire brigade intervened.

The on-duty prosecutor was informed about the event and an investigation team is being formed, Kapidzic stated.

The fire occurred at the Covid ward.