6 killed after fireplace in a retirement house in Italy's Milan | World News

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A hearth at a retirement house within the early hours of Friday in Milan killed six folks, firefighters stated, with "quite a few" residents hospitalised.

A firefighter car is parked exterior a retirement house after a hearth killed six residents, in Milan on July 7, 2023. "Six folks killed, quite a few affected by smoke inhalation hospitalised. Dozens of individuals saved by firefighters who instantly evacuated the constructing," the fireplace brigade stated, including the reason for the fireplace was not but recognized. 5 of the victims have been ladies aged between 69 and 87 years previous, whereas the sixth was a 73-year-old man, AGI information company stated. (Photograph by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)(AFP)

"Six folks killed, quite a few affected by smoke inhalation hospitalised. Dozens of individuals saved by firefighters who instantly evacuated the constructing," the fireplace brigade stated on Twitter.

An AFP photographer noticed the our bodies of two of the victims being faraway from the three-storey constructing which reportedly homes 210 folks within the south of the Italian metropolis.

The reason for the blaze was not but recognized, the fireplace brigade stated.

5 of the victims have been ladies aged between 69 and 87 years previous, whereas the sixth was a 73-year-old man, AGI information company stated.

Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala stated the fireplace appeared to have began in a single room housing two feminine residents, each of whom have been killed by the flames, in keeping with ANSA information company.

Whereas the fireplace didn't unfold past that room, the smoke killed 4 different residents and left an extra two preventing for his or her lives, he stated.

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