Police arrest owners of nursing home in which six people were killed in fire

NEWS 04.02.202012:03
IGOR KRALJ / PIXSELL

The owners of a nursing home in Andrasevac, in which a fire broke out on January 11, killing six people, have been arrested, Krapina-Zagorje County Police Department spokesman Zoran Loncar told Hina on Tuesday, adding that the arrestees were 48 and 51 years old.

“The two were arrested on suspicion of having committed offences against public safety and of having endangered lives and property,” the spokesman said.

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Loncar said an investigation was underway and the suspects were being interviewed by the police.

The fire in the nursing home, located in Andrasevac near Oroslavje, broke out in an auxiliary building of the home around 5 a.m. on January 11.