Fire kills 16 people in Indonesian retirement home

Sixteen people are dead after a fire at a retirement home in ‍the city of Manado on Indonesia's ​on Sulawesi island.

The fire ‌at the ​Werdha Damai retirement home was ‍finally extinguished on Monday AEDT and authorities are still investigating its cause, police official Alamsyah P. Hasibuan said.

Footage by news ​channel Metro TV ‌showed the fire blazing through the home, turning ​the night sky orange, with ‍residents appearing to help one elderly person escape from the ​burning building.

Jimmy ​Rotinsulu, chief ​of Manado's fire department, ​told Metro TV that the home's residents, most of whom were elderly, were trapped inside the building, adding that another three people suffered burns.