Fire at nursing home in Chile kills 16 elderly residents
- The facility had faced fines and enforcement proceedings over regulatory violations since 2019.
- A fire at a nursing home in southern Chile has killed 16 elderly residents and left others hospitalised.
- The blaze broke out late on Friday at the single-storey care home in Pitrufquen, in the Araucania region, about 640km (400 miles) south of the capital, Santiago.
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- The facility had faced fines and enforcement proceedings over regulatory violations since 2019.
- A fire at a nursing home in southern Chile has killed 16 elderly residents and left others hospitalised.
- The blaze broke out late on Friday at the single-storey care home in Pitrufquen, in the Araucania region, about 640km (400 miles) south of the capital, Santiago.
Sources: Al Jazeera