Four dead and at least 21 injured in nursing home fire in western Germany

Police and fire department personnel stand by a retirement home after a fire broke (Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP)

Four people died and at least 21 were injured in a fire at a retirement home in Bedburg-Hau in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, German news agency dpa has reported.

A firefighter and a police officer were also injured and taken to a hospital, police said.