Overview
- The nighttime blaze tore through the single‑storey Panti Werdha Damai home in Manado around 8 p.m., catching residents as they slept.
- Police confirmed 16 fatalities, reporting 15 victims burned and one body found intact.
- The number of survivors remains unclear, with police citing 15 people hospitalized and a later account reporting three injured survivors.
- Firefighters deployed six trucks after neighbors raised the alarm and helped rescue occupants before crews arrived.
- The cause is under investigation following an initial electrical‑fault hypothesis, and Governor Olly Dondokambey ordered audits of care facilities after reports of missing alarms and limited exits.