5 babies die in Sarajevo orphanage fire

Five babies died and 19 babies and a nurse were injured in a fire on Sunday at a Sarajevo orphanage, police and prosecutors said…

Five babies died and 19 babies and a nurse were injured in a fire on Sunday at a Sarajevo orphanage, police and prosecutors said.

Two babies were in the intensive care, Sarajevo police said in a statement. FENA news agency quoted duty regional prosecutor Dubravko Campara as saying the nurse, who tried to rescue the babies, suffered burns.

Police and fire fighters were alerted at 5:50am (3.50am Irish time) and the fire at the orphanage's baby ward was put out half an hour later.

The cause of the fire is being investigated, police said.