NNA – Six people have died and at least 68 have been injured following an overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan, Italian emergency services said on Friday.
Luca Cari, spokesman for the national firefightersrsquo; service, confirmed the death toll to Reuters, saying that the fire had been put out and that its causes were under investigation.
He said three people were hospitalized in a critical condition, 15 with serious but not life-threatening injuries and about 50 with light injuries.
Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, speaking to reporters on the scene, said the fire was extinguished very quickly but produced fumes that intoxicated a lot of residents.
Italian news agencies, citing regional emergency services, had previously reported that 81 people had been hospitalized, including two in a critical state.
According to media reports, the fire broke out at 1120 GMT on Thursday in a facility in the south-eastern Corvetto neighborhood. —-Reuters
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