At least six useless and 80 injured in a hearth in a residence for the aged in Milan

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The fatalities, 5 girls and one man, had been between 69 and 85 years outdated At least three of the injured, all resulting from smoke inhalation, are in critical situation The firefighters work with the speculation that it’s a fireplace brought on by accident

At least six individuals have died and 80 have been hospitalized by a hearth that began this morning in a nursing house within the Italian metropolis of Milan.

Among the deceased are 5 girls and one man, all of them between 69 and 85 years of age; 4 deaths have occurred resulting from smoke inhalation and the opposite two resulting from burns, in response to the Italian community Rai News.

Among the greater than 80 injured (40 of them from poisoning and none from burns) there are three in critical situation. Those affected have been transferred by 15 hospitals within the metropolis.

The rescue groups have assured that it’s a “very advanced state of affairs as a result of presence of smoke” and that the construction has grow to be partially unusable, so a number of the friends have been transferred to a different a part of the constructing.

“The major speculation is that it’s an accident however we nonetheless should make clear every thing,” mentioned a spokesman for the town’s Fire Department.

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