20 years since the Calderón Guardia fire: Costa Rica's deadliest hospital tragedy

The incident left 22 people dead. Officials who witnessed that early morning recall the chaos, the pain .Of the patients and doctors and nurses

At 2:23 a.m. on July 12, 2005, Costa Rica experienced one of the most painful hospital tragedies in its history. A fire at the Calderón Guardia Hospital left 22 people dead and more Wounded

The incident began on the third floor of the north wing of the medical center, in a medical supplies warehouse, a structure built in the 1940s. The predominant use of wood facilitated the spread.

The person responsible for the fire

The person responsible for the fire was Juan Carlos Ledezma Sánchez,