Fire at nursing home in Chile kills 16 elderly residents

The facility had faced fines and enforcement proceedings over regulatory violations since 2019.Published On 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026A fire at a nursing home in southern Chile has killed 16 elderly residents and left others hospitalised.The blaze broke out late on Friday at the single-storey care home in Pitrufquen, in the Araucania region, about 640km (400 miles) south of the capital, Santiago.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Gone in a blink’: Nepal floods sweep away Indian workers who built hotelslist 2 of 3Hundreds of thousands lack adequate shelter at Sudan’s Tawila camplist 3 of 3At least seven killed in fire at prison in northern Syriaend of listFirefighters extinguished the flames early Saturday.Twenty-six elderly people were inside the facility when the fire started. Ten survived and were taken to a local hospital, according to the local government. The private facility had previously faced fines and enforcement proceedings for operating outside regulations.Images posted on social media showed flames engulfing the building overnight, with firefighters using a water hose to battle the blaze.Municipal authorities expressed their condolences to the families of those...