A major fire ripped through a private nursing home in Venezuela's capital Caracas on Sunday killing eight elderly people, authorities said, calling it "a miracle" there were not more victims.
Firefighters were able to rescue more than 30 others and the local mayor praised neighbors who raced to the Chivacoa Seniors' Center as it was engulfed in flames and thick smoke.
"Unfortunately there are eight victims, three were burned to death and five suffocated," Ramon Muchacho, mayor of the upscale Chacao district of Caracas, told reporters at the scene.
At least 10 elderly people were treated for smoke inhalation but were not thought to be seriously ill.
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