Fire at Nursing Home in Bulgaria Kills 9 People

Fire at Nursing Home in Bulgaria Kills 9 People
Firefighters enter a nursing home where nine people were killed in a fire in the village of Royak, Bulgaria, on Nov. 22, 2021. Lyubomir Benkovski/Bulphoto Agency/via Reuters
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SOFIA—Nine people were killed in a fire at a nursing home in the eastern Bulgarian village of Royak and some of its elderly residents were gassed, a senior interior ministry official said on Monday.

The fire, which broke out from the wooden rooftop of the home late on Monday, has been put out and the nursing home where 58 elderly people lived has been evacuated, said Tihomir Totev, the head of the regional fire safety department.