Six people have died and 81 residents are injured after a blaze tore through a retirement home in Italy,
Mirror reports.
Two of the injured have been left in critical condition as emergency responders rushed them to local hospitals in Milan.
An investigation is currently underway to determine the cause of the inferno at the Retirement Home for Spouses on the Via dei Cinquecento in the southwestern suburbs of the city.
Milanese outlet Il Giorno said those injured were around the age of 80.
Local officials confirmed the fatal victims were five women, aged 75, 84 and 85 and one man, aged 73.
Two of the females were charred to death, while three other women and one man died of smoke inhalation.
The mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, told local media that the fire originated in a single room on the first floor of the building.
Il Giorno reported that the two women who were burned to death were residents of that room.
The others died as a result of the toxic fumes, which are "just as deadly", according to Mayor Sala.
The incident triggered a large emergency response, including 11 ambulances and a fire engine.
