The owner of an illegally operated care home south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, has been remanded in custody after a fire killed 12 residents and injured six others on Wednesday night. The Maupiya Sewana facility was found to be unauthorised and below minimum regulatory standards; investigators believe the blaze started in a storeroom where dozens of mattresses were stored. The victims ranged from elderly residents to young people with mental health conditions, with the youngest fatality a 17-year-old boy, making it one of the deadliest fires on the island in decades.