At least 38 people have been killed after a fire swept through a nursing home in China’s central Henan province.<br /><br /> Search operations are underway and six people are being treated in hospital.<br /><br /> Local media claim the blaze hit a part of the care home where residents suffered from mobility problems making escape difficult.<br /><br /> Authorities say 12 people have been taken into custody and police are searching for three others.<br /><br /> The cause of the fire is unclear.<br /><br /> #BREAKING 38 killed, 6 injured, after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Lushan county, Henan Province on Monday pic.twitter.com/YuxE6Kcruq— CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) May 25, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> Furious relatives of those living in the home say officials are downplaying the number of dead and injured.<br /><br /> China’s aging population and government limits on family size means the country is facing a crisis in care for the elderly.<br /><br /> President Xi Jinping has called for an investigation.
