A fire outbreak killed no fewer than six people, leaving 60 injured at a retirement home in Jordan’s capital, Amman.
Social Development Minister, Wafa Bani Mustafa, was quoted as saying that the inferno broke out on the first floor of the private retirement home in the early hours of Friday.
The fire killed six elderly, badly injuring five, and moderately injuring 55 more,” she said.
According to her, the fire spread over an area of 80 square metres (860 square feet) in the White Beds Society’s (Al-Asirra Al-Baydaa) centre, which is home to 111 residents.
