A resident killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka had been chained and another was untied and saved, a worker said.

A fire at a nursing home in western Sri Lanka has killed 12 residents and injured eight others. Police say the fire started late Wednesday at the home in Anguruwatota town.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire at a nursing home in western Sri Lanka killed 12 residents and injured eight others, police said Thursday.

51 people were rescued from the facility and the home’s director has been arrested.

A devastating fire at an elderly care home in western Sri Lanka has killed at least 12 residents and left seven others injured, police said on Thursday.

A resident killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka had been chained and another was untied and saved, a worker said.

The death toll from a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka has risen to 13

A "chained" patient was among more than a dozen people who died during a fire at an unregistered nursing home in Sri Lanka, according to a staff member.