Fire kills 26 patients at rehab centre

to escape and they set fire to some clothes and started throwing them at the manager’s office, and then it caught fire inside,” said patient Wilmer Garcia.
Most of the victims were thought to have died from smoke inhalation.
Lima Mayor Susana Villaran said the centre lacked a municipal licence and that “drastic action” was needed to prevent similar incidents in the Andean country.
“This is a great tragedy,” she told local radio.
“Families hand over relatives who are suffering drug and alcohol addiction so they can be rehabilitated and often they’re desperate. These places must be supervised by the Health Ministry and municipal authorities.”
Firefighters and prosecutors have opened investigations into the cause of the fire. – Reuters.