<p>An overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan killed six people and injured around 80, including three who are in critical condition, Italian authorities said on Friday.</p>.<p>The fire started in a first-floor room of the facility. It was put out quickly and did not spread to the rest of the building, yet produced a vast quantity of toxic fumes.</p>.<p>Two residents burned to death in their room, while four others died from intoxication, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said, speaking to reporters on the scene.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/explosion-in-downtown-tokyo-building-four-reported-injured-1233428.html" target="_blank">Explosion in downtown Tokyo building, four reported injured</a></strong></p>.<p>"It could have been (even) worse. Having said that, six dead is a very heavy death toll," Sala said, indicating that the facility housed 167 people.</p>.<p>Firefighters' spokesman Luca Cari said the cause of the fire was under investigation, but added that it was likely accidental.</p>.<p>Firefighters intervened at the "Home of the Spouses" residential facility in the south-eastern Corvetto neighbourhood shortly after 1 a.m. (2300 GMT).</p>.<p>They evacuated about 80 people, including many in wheelchairs, while another 80 or so were taken to hospital, local firefighters' chief Nicola Miceli told RAI public television.</p>.<p>He described rescue operations as "particularly complicated" due to heavy smoke, which limited visibility, and the fact that many residents could not stand without aid.</p>.<p>Lucia, a local resident, said she saw some of them "gasping for air" at their windows, holding rags over their faces to protect themselves from the fumes.</p>.<p>She said rescuers "were wonderful" as they helped everybody. "Those who could walk, they walked them out, those who could not, I think they were carried out in their bed sheets."</p>
<p>An overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan killed six people and injured around 80, including three who are in critical condition, Italian authorities said on Friday.</p>.<p>The fire started in a first-floor room of the facility. It was put out quickly and did not spread to the rest of the building, yet produced a vast quantity of toxic fumes.</p>.<p>Two residents burned to death in their room, while four others died from intoxication, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said, speaking to reporters on the scene.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/explosion-in-downtown-tokyo-building-four-reported-injured-1233428.html" target="_blank">Explosion in downtown Tokyo building, four reported injured</a></strong></p>.<p>"It could have been (even) worse. Having said that, six dead is a very heavy death toll," Sala said, indicating that the facility housed 167 people.</p>.<p>Firefighters' spokesman Luca Cari said the cause of the fire was under investigation, but added that it was likely accidental.</p>.<p>Firefighters intervened at the "Home of the Spouses" residential facility in the south-eastern Corvetto neighbourhood shortly after 1 a.m. (2300 GMT).</p>.<p>They evacuated about 80 people, including many in wheelchairs, while another 80 or so were taken to hospital, local firefighters' chief Nicola Miceli told RAI public television.</p>.<p>He described rescue operations as "particularly complicated" due to heavy smoke, which limited visibility, and the fact that many residents could not stand without aid.</p>.<p>Lucia, a local resident, said she saw some of them "gasping for air" at their windows, holding rags over their faces to protect themselves from the fumes.</p>.<p>She said rescuers "were wonderful" as they helped everybody. "Those who could walk, they walked them out, those who could not, I think they were carried out in their bed sheets."</p>