Unregistered Sri Lankan nursing home lies in ruins as toll from deadly fire rises to 13

A fire at an unregistered nursing home in Western Sri Lanka killed 13 people, including 10 who died immediately and three later in the hospital. The facility, which housed 71 people with mental illnesses, was overcrowded and lacked proper registration. The director has been arrested for suspected negligence, and the fire is believed to have started from an electric short circuit in a water pump wire.