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At least 16 dead as huge fire rips through nursing home with residents trapped
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At least 16 dead as huge fire rips through nursing home with residents trapped The blaze broke out at a retirement site near the city of Pitrufquén in the south of Chile, with the cause yet to be establsihed At least 16 people have died after a huge fire ripped through a nursing home in Chile. The blaze broke out at around 10pm local time yesterday (2am BST today) at the retirement site near the city of Pitrufquén in the south of the country. Just 10 people were evacuated in time, with the...
At least 16 dead as huge fire rips through nursing home with residents trapped
The blaze broke out at a retirement site near the city of Pitrufquén in the south of Chile, with the cause yet to be establsihed
At least 16 people have died after a huge fire ripped through a nursing home in Chile.
The blaze broke out at around 10pm local time yesterday (2am BST today) at the retirement site near the city of Pitrufquén in the south of the country. Just 10 people were evacuated in time, with the cause of the fire yet to be determined.
The mayor of Pitrufquén, Jaqueline Romero, said: "Ten elderly people were rescued, taken to the hospital and are being evaluated." It's understood 26 adults were inside the building at the time of the fire but not all of them were elderly, the prosecutor of Pitrufquén, Jorge Granada, said.
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