More than 30 feared dead in Quebec retirement home

Rappler.com

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About 30 elderly people are feared to have died in a midnight fire that hit a retirement home in a small town in Quebec, Canada. Authorities expect the death toll to rise. The home housed around 50 to 60 people, half of them over 85 years of age, but only the remains of 3 victims had been recovered so far. An adjacent pharmacy and a community center were also destroyed, while the Red Cross set up a makeshift shelter at a local school for rescued people.

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