JAKARTA: A fire at a nursing home on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi killed more than a dozen people, with three others injured, a local official said Monday. Firefighters received the report of the blaze at 8:31 p.m. Sunday at a nursing home in the North Sulawesi provincial capital Manado, said the city’s fire and rescue agency chief Jimmy Rotinsulu. “There were 16 deaths; three (people) had burn injuries,” he told AFP.

Sedici persone sono morte e tre sono rimaste ferite nell'incendio di una casa di riposo a Manado, sull'isola indonesiana di Sulawesi. Lo ha riferito oggi all'Afp un responsabile…

Police say the fire at the Werdha Damai retirement home in the city of Manado killed 16 and wounded three others.