6 killed after fire in a retirement home in Italy's Milan

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A fire at a retirement home in the early hours of Friday in Milan killed six people, firefighters said, with "numerous" residents hospitalised.P)..

. Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said the fire appeared to have started in one room housing two female residents, both of whom were killed by the flames, according to ANSA news agency..

While the fire did not spread beyond that room, the smoke killed four other residents and left a further two fighting for their lives, he said..