Retirement home fire kills six people, injures 68 in Italy

A fire that broke out in a retirement home in Milan, Italy, overnight killed six people and injured at least 68, Italian emergency services say.

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The fire broke out in the facility, in the south-eastern Corvetto neighbourhood, overnightThe cause is under investigationThree people are in a critical condition and 15 have serious but not life-threatening injuries

Luca Cari, the spokesman for the national firefighters’ service, confirmed the death toll to Reuters.

He said the fire, at the facility in the south-eastern Corvetto neighbourhood, was now extinguished and its causes were under investigation.

He said three people were hospitalised in a critical condition, 15 with serious but not life-threatening injuries, and about 50 with light injuries.

Police work at the scene of the fire.(Reuters: Claudia Greco)

Five of the victims were women aged between 69 and 87 years old, while the sixth was a 73-year-old man, according to AGI news agency.

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala told ANSA news agency that the fire appeared to have started in one room housing two female residents, both of whom were killed by the flames.

While the fire did not spread beyond that room, the smoke killed four other residents.

All the victims were older people, with five of them women and one of them a man.(Reuters: Claudia Greco)

He said the blaze was extinguished quickly.

The three-storey building is home to 210 people.

Reuters/AFP

Posted 2h ago2 hours agoFri 7 Jul 2023 at 5:36am, updated 32m ago32 minutes agoFri 7 Jul 2023 at 7:19am

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