Fire in Hospital in Costa Rica kills 18 persons
{{date|July 12, 2005}}

Early this morning a fire erupted in the Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia hospital in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, killing 18 people according to official reports.
Most of the deaths occurred on the 5th floor, where patients were resting following surgical procedures.

A nurse died trying to save patients.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12556177.htm 
|title=Fire at Costa Rica hospital kills at least 18 
|author=
|pub=Reuters
|date= July 12, 2005 }} 
*{{source|url=http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2005/julio/12/ultima-sr425981.html
|title=17 muertos por incendio en hospital Calderón Guardia
|author=Carlos Arguedas y Armando Mayorga
|pub=La Nación (Costa Rica)
|date=July 12, 2005}} ''Subscription''
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4676000/4676653.stm
|title= Incendio en Costa Rica
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=July 12, 2005}}

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[[es:Un incendio en un hospital de San José de Costa Rica deja varias víctimas]]
[[pt:Incêndio num hospital da Costa Rica deixa várias vítimas]]
Early this morning a fire erupted in the Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia hospital in downtown San Jose, Costa Rica, killing 18 people according to official reports.
Most of the deaths occurred on the 5th floor, where patients were resting following surgical procedures.

A nurse died trying to save patients.


es:Un incendio en un hospital de San José de Costa Rica deja varias víctimas
Incêndio num hospital da Costa Rica deixa várias vítimas
Central America Costa Rica Disasters and accidents Fires