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Sri Lanka nursing home worker says a chained patient was among 13 fire victims

GALPATHA, Sri Lanka (AP) — One of the residents killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka had been chained, while another was untied and saved, a member of staff said on Friday. “There were two who were chained,” said nursing home worker Danuja Chathuranga. “You only have to take your eyes away for one moment, they run away. One of them had gone one day with the chair he was tied (to) and was found entangled in a barbed wire fence. Another with sores in legs...

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