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Maputo: fire at the central hospital’s oncology service

This dossier follows the Maputo oncology service fire, patient care and restoration of facilities.

Last updated : 1 key moments
Maputo Central Hospital in July 2018. Archive view; neither the fire nor its damage is shown. Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maputo Central Hospital in July 2018. Archive view; neither the fire nor its damage is shown. Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0. — Jcornelius / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ — 14 juillet 2018, sans modification.

Where things stand

On 1 November 2026, a fire hits the oncology service. Management reports patient evacuation and no deaths; the cause remains unknown.

Confirmed

Maputo: fire damages oncology service as patients are evacuated

A fire damaged the oncology service at Maputo Central Hospital on the morning of 1 November 2026. Hospital management says patients were evacuated and no deaths were recorded, according to MMO and Diário Económico.

Maputo Central Hospital in July 2018. Archive view; neither the fire nor its damage is shown. Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maputo Central Hospital in July 2018. Archive view; neither the fire nor its damage is shown. Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0. — Jcornelius / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ — 14 juillet 2018, sans modification.

Director-General Farida Urci said 22 patients were hospitalised there the previous evening. Firefighters contained the blaze; the ground floor housing radiotherapy was spared, according to authorities cited by Diário Económico.

The government pledges to maintain care during restoration. The cause, cost of damage and timetable for full recovery remain undetermined pending technical assessment.

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