US EditionIndonesia fire kills 16 people in retirement home
The fire at Werdha Damai nursing home killed 16 residents and injured three, with many victims found inside rooms as police investigate the cause and identify victims.
- On Dec. 29, Indonesian police are conducting identification of 16 victims from the Panti Werdha Damai fire at Bhayangkara Hospital before notifying families.
- Responding crews extinguished the fire at about 9:30 p.m. after three fire engines arrived, following the report at 8:31 p.m. at Panti Werdha Damai.
- Police reported the blaze killed 16 people and wounded three others, while authorities evacuated 12 people, all unhurt, to Manado City Regional Hospital and Permata Bunda Hospital.
- Police officers secured the scene and began assisting rescue operations as local residents aided evacuations, while police forensic teams launched a crime-scene examination and witness interviews.
- The incident follows other deadly fires in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, including a seven-storey office building in Jakarta that killed at least 22 earlier this month.
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Sixteen residents have died in a fire at a senior housing complex on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Three others were seriously injured. The fire broke out last night in the city of Manado, in North Sulawesi. Firefighters needed two hours to extinguish the fire. Local residents helped evacuate the building's elderly residents. The complex was completely destroyed by the fire. According to the manager, approximately thirty people lived there.…
In Indonesia, a home for the elderly rises in flames. For 16 people, any help comes too late.
16 people died in a fire in a nursing home in Indonesia last night, the local police said.
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — A fire at a nursing home in Indonesia killed 16 elderly people Sunday night, police said Monday.
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