Five babies die in Sarajevo orphanage fire

An early morning fire tore through an orphanage in Bosnia’s capital Sarajevo today, killing five babies and injuring 17 others and a nurse, police and hospital officials said.

The blaze broke out on the third floor of the Ljubica Ivezic orphanage in central Sarajevo around 6am and rapidly spread to three rooms where the babies were sleeping, according to the Sarajevo fire brigade.