Fire kills 16 people in Indonesian retirement home

A fire at a retirement home in ?the city of Manado on Indonesia's Sulawesi island has killed 16 people.

The fire at the ?Werdha Damai ?retirement home was ablaze late on Sunday ?and authorities were still investigating its cause, Manado police chief Irham Halid said at a media conference on Monday.

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.

On Monday, the destroyed remnants of the home were filled with ?debris, ?a Reuters ?witness said.

Olva Sumual, the ?home's caretaker, said its residents were the elderly, and about 30 people had been in the complex.

Authorities said the fire was extinguished late on Sunday.