Not feeling the heat: Russian surgeons carry on with life-saving open-heart operation despite FIRE forcing evacuation of building

Hospital fire Russia

A surgical team in Russia’s remote Far East has won plaudits online after bravely staying behind in a burning building to finish up an open-heart procedure, while around them patients and employees were being evacuated to safety.

The fire broke out at a surgical department building in Blagoveshchensk, close to the Chinese border, on Friday. Plumes of acrid black smoke could be seen billowing from the facility, as fire crews rushed to tackle the blaze.

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