Photo gallery: Taiwan nursing home fire kills 12, injures 60
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In this photo released by Tainan Fire Department, investigation teams search for possible causes of an early morning fire that swept through the Hsinying Hospital's nursing ward, early on Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012, in the southern city of Tainan, Taiwan. Officials say the fire has killed 12 patients and injured 70 others. PHOTO: AP
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In this photo released by the Tainan Fire Department on Oct 23, 2012 shows firemen tending to rescued patients outside the Sinying Hospital following a fire, near the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through the nursing facility housing mainly bed-bound senior patients in southern Taiwan in the early hours of the morning. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this photo released by the Tainan Fire Department on Oct 23, 2012 shows police and firemen inspecting a badly damaged room following a fire at Sinying Hospital near the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through the nursing facility housing mainly bed-bound senior patients in southern Taiwan in the early hours of the morning. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Wang Ho-shou, 94, is cared for by a member of her family at a local hospital following a fire at another hospital in Tainan, southern Taiwan on Oct 23, 2012. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through a hospital in southern Taiwan, health authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Workers place a victim killed in a hospital fire at Tainan municipal morgue in southern Taiwan on Oct 23, 2012. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through a hospital in southern Taiwan, health authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Relatives of the victims killed in a hospital fire, wait for information outside a police station at the Tainan municipal morgue in southern Taiwan on Oct 23, 2012. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through a hospital in southern Taiwan, health authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this photo released by Tainan Fire Department, investigation teams search for possible causes of an early morning fire that swept through the Hsinying Hospital's nursing ward, early on Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012, in the southern city of Tainan, Taiwan. Officials say the fire has killed 12 patients and injured 70 others. PHOTO: AP
In this photo released by the Tainan Fire Department on Oct 23, 2012 shows firemen tending to rescued patients outside the Sinying Hospital following a fire, near the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through the nursing facility housing mainly bed-bound senior patients in southern Taiwan in the early hours of the morning. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this photo released by the Tainan Fire Department on Oct 23, 2012 shows police and firemen inspecting a badly damaged room following a fire at Sinying Hospital near the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through the nursing facility housing mainly bed-bound senior patients in southern Taiwan in the early hours of the morning. -- PHOTO: AFP
Wang Ho-shou, 94, is cared for by a member of her family at a local hospital following a fire at another hospital in Tainan, southern Taiwan on Oct 23, 2012. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through a hospital in southern Taiwan, health authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
Workers place a victim killed in a hospital fire at Tainan municipal morgue in southern Taiwan on Oct 23, 2012. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through a hospital in southern Taiwan, health authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
Relatives of the victims killed in a hospital fire, wait for information outside a police station at the Tainan municipal morgue in southern Taiwan on Oct 23, 2012. At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when a blaze tore through a hospital in southern Taiwan, health authorities said. -- PHOTO: AFP
TAINAN (AFP) - At least 12 people were killed and 60 injured when an early-hours blaze tore through a hospital catering mainly to bed-ridden and mentally ill seniors in southern Taiwan on Tuesday, health authorities said.
The fire started in a nursing facility housing more than 100 elderly and mentally ill patients in Tainan city who were evacuated during the incident, a local health official said.
