Indonesia fire kills 16 people in retirement home


JAKARTA: A fire at a retirement home in the city of Manado on Indonesia's on Sulawesi island has killed ‌16 people, a local ⁠police official was quoted as saying on ​Monday (Dec 29) by state news agency Antara.

The fire at the Werdha Damai retirement home was finally extinguished late on Sunday and authorities are ‍still investigating ⁠its cause, ‍police ​official Alamsyah P. ⁠Hasibuan said.

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