Fire at Indonesia retirement home kills 16 people

16 people have been killed and three others have been hurt in a fire at a nursing home on Sulawesi, according to the police in Indonesia.

The fire at the Werdha Damai retirement home was reported on Sunday at 8:31pm (12:31 GMT), according to Jimmu Rotinsulu, the head of the city’s fire and rescue agency.

He told the AFP news agency, “There were 16 deaths, and three]people had burn injuries.”

According to Jimmy, the victims’ bodies were frequently discovered inside their homes, with many of the elderly residents likely lying in their beds at the time the fire started.

He claimed that the authorities managed to move 12 people to a nearby hospital after they were all unharmed.

Locals helped to evacuate an elderly person while footage from the local broadcaster Metro TV showed the fire engulfing the nursing home.

Indonesia, a nation of more than 17, 000 islands, is the most recent to report a deadly fire.

At least 22 people were killed earlier this month when a fire broke out through a seven-story office building in Jakarta, Indonesia.