Six people died in a fire at a retirement home in the northern Italian city of Milan in the early hours of Friday, responders said.
The Italian news agency ANSA reported on Friday that 81 people were taken to hospitals.
Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala told reporters that the fire was quickly extinguished, but the resulting fumes intoxicated several residents.
"Six people were killed, and numerous others suffering from smoke inhalation were hospitalized. Firefighters saved dozens of people who immediately evacuated the building," the fire brigade said.
The fire that erupted in a retirement home in Italy has left scores dead and many with life threatening injuries. There are also some fears that the death toll could rise since the injuries are severe. The AGI news agency reported that five of the victims were women aged between 69 and 87, and the sixth was a 73-year-old man.
Three of those hospitalized are in serious condition, and medications are administered to sustain them. According to Luca Cari, a spokesman for the national firefighters' service, He was quoted by the Reuters news agency.
What do we know about the fire?
The fire brigade said the cause of the incident was not yet known. Sala said the blaze started in one room, where two residents were killed by the flames. "[The fire] did not spread, not even to the neighboring rooms, but the smoke is just as deadly, and the four other victims died of smoke inhalation," said Sala.
Broadcaster Rai News reported, citing Milan fire chief Nicola Micele, that four firefighters teams were dispatched to the scene as soon as staff raised the alarm after spotting the smoke. "It was a particularly complicated evacuation both because of the smoke and because some of the guests were unable to walk," Micele told Rai News.
The fire took place in the privately run retirement home "Casa per Coniugi," which reportedly houses people who are not self-sufficient but do not need hospital care.
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