Fire at Nursing Home in Southern Chile Kills 16
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A fire at a nursing home in Chile has killed 16 residents, the municipality of Pitrufquen in the Araucania region, south of Santiago, said. “We express our sorrow for the deaths of 16 elderly people in this disaster,” the municipality said in a statement. The fire, whose cause has not yet been determined, started on Friday night and firefighters managed to bring it under control on Saturday morning local time. ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ Read more at iefimerida.gr …
(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = 16 people died in a fire at a nursing home for the elderly in southern Chile.
The archbishop of Santiago questioned the “precarity and abandonment” that, he said, affects many older adults in Chile. His sayings occur while the authorities investigate whether the home El Edén had its health permits in order and review previous audits.
Government authorities referred to the fire that destroyed the home of elderly “Edén”, in Pitrufquén, revealing that the compound had been under investigation for years for irregularities, and was even under investigation. The accident left 16 confirmed dead, managing a caregiver to evacuate ten of the residents, who were already evaluated ... Continue reading "Government denounces irregularities in the home burned in La Araucania and open inves…
The causes of the fire have not been determined.
Sixteen people have died in a fire at a nursing home in Chile, according to authorities in the country.
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