Overview

• The fire broke out early Sunday morning in the living room of the six-room facility.
• All ten victims, eight women and two men, died from smoke inhalation.
• The city's government has declared three days of mourning following the tragedy.
• This incident follows another deadly fire at a different nursing home in Uruguay just ten days prior.
• Uruguay has a growing elderly population, with 16% of its inhabitants over the age of 65.