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Two women at a retirement and nursing home in northern Germany were killed in a fire, police said on Thursday. The women were aged 95 and 89. Three other elderly residents suffered serious injuries, with one of them in life-threatening condition. None of the employees at the facility near Bremen were injured. There were no clues so far as to what sparked the blaze, said a police spokesman. An employee of the home in Oyten discovered smoke shortly after midnight. She dialled the emergency number and arranged for the more than 60 people living in the home to be woken up. The residents, some of w…

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