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Chile nursing home fire kills 9

Chile nursing home fire kills 9
# 09 August 2011 04:10 (UTC +04:00)
Baku-APA. At least nine people were killed and six others injured after a fire broke out Monday at a nursing home in Canete, 550 km south of the capital, police said, APA reports siting Xinhua.

The fire killed five women and four men between the ages of 70 and 90, mostly severely incapacitated. One police officer was injured in the rescue operation, according to the local police.

A total of 20 people -- 19 seniors and one nurse -- lived in the home, said Canete Mayor Jorge Radonich, adding that firefighters and neighbors helped rescue 11 residents from the flames and took them to the local hospital for treatment.

Radonich said the fire was "a tragedy that puts the city into mourning."

The cause of the fire is still being investigated, police said.






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