{"id":8489,"date":"2026-06-05T10:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/news\/7666957\/survivors-from-a-burned-sri-lankan-nursing-home-relocate-in-photos\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:14:03","slug":"survivors-from-a-burned-sri-lankan-nursing-home-relocate-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infonews.ca\/inhome\/news\/8489\/survivors-from-a-burned-sri-lankan-nursing-home-relocate-in-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivors from a burned Sri Lankan nursing home relocate, in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANGURUWATOTA, Sri Lanka (AP) \u2014 Over a dozen people were killed in a fire at a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sri-lanka-fire-nursing-home-f1d47c50d14ca13b5ba87d34b03e45e9\" rel=\"noopener\">nursing home<\/a> for people with mental health conditions in western Sri Lanka, and survivors have been moved to another one nearby.<\/p>\n<p>This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.<\/p>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"57d471ceb47e7d8dcad603389d5031d2c3c58c536c08dbc698cae44ab1fa7a74\" data-filename=\"57d471ceb47e7d8dcad603389d5031d2c3c58c536c08dbc698cae44ab1fa7a74.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/57d471ceb47e7d8dcad603389d5031d2c3c58c536c08dbc698cae44ab1fa7a74.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>A remnants of a charred bed is seen following a fire at a nursing home in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026.(AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"cb26ee76aad0d6f1882161e54e84bd85d86b83d55c383acf4f1110920eeb5e88\" data-filename=\"cb26ee76aad0d6f1882161e54e84bd85d86b83d55c383acf4f1110920eeb5e88.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/cb26ee76aad0d6f1882161e54e84bd85d86b83d55c383acf4f1110920eeb5e88.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>Debris of the charred nursing home is seen in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026.(AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"9d24a8ac0f75c3d6a7df471686b1c3192cdec0acd42166b1b034a6631bead876\" data-filename=\"9d24a8ac0f75c3d6a7df471686b1c3192cdec0acd42166b1b034a6631bead876.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/9d24a8ac0f75c3d6a7df471686b1c3192cdec0acd42166b1b034a6631bead876.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>Remnants of the belongings of residents of the charred nursing home in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026.(AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"4b61e83b1d78854d31902515bf82a0f0b2eb9358d4446ea55ba39742af8220b7\" data-filename=\"4b61e83b1d78854d31902515bf82a0f0b2eb9358d4446ea55ba39742af8220b7.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/4b61e83b1d78854d31902515bf82a0f0b2eb9358d4446ea55ba39742af8220b7.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>Debris of the charred nursing home is seen in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026.(AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"9f49fcd63e9f3c512454193650e6e93a3fea6e5fa1cf50830425ee575dd76b3f\" data-filename=\"9f49fcd63e9f3c512454193650e6e93a3fea6e5fa1cf50830425ee575dd76b3f.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/9f49fcd63e9f3c512454193650e6e93a3fea6e5fa1cf50830425ee575dd76b3f.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>A worker helps a fire survivor at a nursing home, where inmates of another nursing home that caught fire on Wednesday are being temporarily housed, in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"882129fa6c62d5b2c0da4c1aff3af37570f8df9aae291675fe389e164e12c2d4\" data-filename=\"882129fa6c62d5b2c0da4c1aff3af37570f8df9aae291675fe389e164e12c2d4.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/882129fa6c62d5b2c0da4c1aff3af37570f8df9aae291675fe389e164e12c2d4.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>Workers who survived the nursing home fire Danuja Chathuranga, left, and Iresha Sandamali wait outside a nursing home, where inmates of another nursing home that caught fire on Wednesday are being temporarily housed, in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"4537d3af591dec3238a931bfcd14ec3139ac3ed8c3647b614bd0027a19b5afdf\" data-filename=\"4537d3af591dec3238a931bfcd14ec3139ac3ed8c3647b614bd0027a19b5afdf.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/4537d3af591dec3238a931bfcd14ec3139ac3ed8c3647b614bd0027a19b5afdf.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>Dolawatte Mudiyanselage Chandra, left, cries as she speaks about her mentally challenged son, right, at a nursing home, where inmates of another nursing home that caught fire on Wednesday are being temporarily housed, in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026.(AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"00d3a1a39f060f96f07bdfff52b85901b74532d6874dd8ecd638903f25fec433\" data-filename=\"00d3a1a39f060f96f07bdfff52b85901b74532d6874dd8ecd638903f25fec433.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/00d3a1a39f060f96f07bdfff52b85901b74532d6874dd8ecd638903f25fec433.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>A resident looks at his family members as he sits inside his dormitory at a nursing home in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"0979ebfbce3fc2c39d808ea8ee1770f753ba16f38292599c280a18e618d344ef\" data-filename=\"0979ebfbce3fc2c39d808ea8ee1770f753ba16f38292599c280a18e618d344ef.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/0979ebfbce3fc2c39d808ea8ee1770f753ba16f38292599c280a18e618d344ef.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>Residents spend the day inside their dormitory at a nursing home, where inmates of another nursing home that caught fire on Wednesday are being temporarily housed, in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"748536a817517e185e3007cc4bc2147d25800d744aee2c2d0d72a62cedbc33f9\" data-filename=\"748536a817517e185e3007cc4bc2147d25800d744aee2c2d0d72a62cedbc33f9.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/748536a817517e185e3007cc4bc2147d25800d744aee2c2d0d72a62cedbc33f9.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>A resident looks outside from his dormitory at a nursing home in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026.(AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"bfc35bae0d4111da2fa07af32d2bcd0fbaba5598b6e07e70fb4915be2f25ce46\" data-filename=\"bfc35bae0d4111da2fa07af32d2bcd0fbaba5598b6e07e70fb4915be2f25ce46.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/bfc35bae0d4111da2fa07af32d2bcd0fbaba5598b6e07e70fb4915be2f25ce46.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>Residents look at donors through an iron grill as they spend the day inside their dormitory at a nursing home, where inmates of another nursing home that caught fire on Wednesday are being temporarily housed in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure data-type=\"media\" data-slug=\"145962aa4c30ea49c105d360e7f4284a1e53381d134ae580ded7b37ce3cdc74a\" data-filename=\"145962aa4c30ea49c105d360e7f4284a1e53381d134ae580ded7b37ce3cdc74a.jpg\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mapi.cp.org\/asset-photos\/d9895097-0aa3-4e9e-8419-156838ff8069\/145962aa4c30ea49c105d360e7f4284a1e53381d134ae580ded7b37ce3cdc74a.jpg\" alt=\"|\" title=\"|\"><figcaption>Residents interact with Amala Rajapaksa, the administrator of the nursing home, where inmates of another nursing home that caught fire on Wednesday are being temporarily housed in Anguruwatota, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 5, 2026. 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