Maldives Fire in Building Housing Foreign Workers Kills 10

Maldives Fire in Building Housing Foreign Workers Kills 10
Maldives police stand guard on Oct. 19, 2013. Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
Updated:

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—A fire early Thursday in a building housing foreign workers in the Maldives capital killed 10 people and injured another critically, police said.

Maldives police spokesman Yoonus Sobah said the fire broke out in the building after midnight. He said the nationalities of the victims have not been confirmed. The Indian embassy in Maldives said on Twitter that Indian citizens were among the dead.