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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
LISBON, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — Six people were killed, five were seriously injured and 20 others were slightly injured in a fire that broke out early Saturday at a nursing home in the northern Portuguese city of Mirandela, local authorities said.
Mirandela fire chief Luis Carlos Suarez confirmed in a statement to local broadcaster RTP that the incident occurred at around 05:00 local time /04:00 GMT/.
Aderito Gomez, a board member at the facility, said the fire was believed to have started when an anti-bedsore mattress caught fire in a room occupied by three residents, all of whom died instantly. Three other elderly people died from suffocation and complications from smoke inhalation.
The nursing home housed about 90 elderly people. After the incident, some of them were taken to hospitals in Mirandela, Macedo de Cavaleiros and Bragança, while the rest were transferred to other institutions. –0–
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