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Death toll rises to 11 in fire at Bosnian retirement home
The fire on the nursing home’s seventh floor injured over 30 people including emergency responders; investigators are examining longstanding complaints about facility conditions.
A fire broke out on the seventh floor of a retirement home in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, causing multiple deaths and injuries.
As of the report, 11 residents of the retirement home had died in the fire, while around 20 people were sent for medical treatment.
Bosnian Prime Minister Nermin Niksic described the incident as "a disaster of enormous proportions" and called for a full investigation.
Eleven people lost their lives and at least 35 were injured in a severe fire at night in a nursing home in the city of Tuzla, north-east of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The accident broke out around Tuesday night, concentrating on the seventh floor of the building, an area that, according to local reports, was intended for residents with vulnerable health conditions, including dementia and cancer, which made it difficult to evacuate. Details of the e…
A fire which exploded last night in an asylum in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina caused the death of 11 people and the injury of at least 30 persons, according to the authorities, is reported by BBC.