Fire Claims Lives of 10 Elderly Residents at Uruguayan Nursing Home

A lone caretaker escaped the blaze that engulfed the facility in Treinta y Tres, with the cause still under investigation.

The fire broke out early Sunday morning in the living room of the six-room facility.
All ten victims, eight women and two men, died from smoke inhalation.
The city's government has declared three days of mourning following the tragedy.
This incident follows another deadly fire at a different nursing home in Uruguay just ten days prior.
Uruguay has a growing elderly population, with 16% of its inhabitants over the age of 65.