The fire that engulfed the floor of the Retirement Home in Tuzla caused the death of 12 people and injuries to more than 30 people. Firefighters from neighboring towns assisted in the evacuation. This accident reminded of an almost identical tragedy that happened at the beginning of the year in Barajevo
Number of casualties in fire, which broke out in the evening on Tuesday (November 4). Retirement home in Tuzla, it increased to 12, after one person died on Thursday (November 6) at the University Clinical Center in this city.
The deceased person was a resident of the Retirement Home, and she died at the Resuscitation and Anesthesiology Clinic, reports N1 Sarajevo.
The investigation into this tragedy is still ongoing.
According to unofficial information, 34 people were injured, several of them in serious condition.
"The members of the SHMP Tuzla Health Center provided medical assistance to the users from the endangered floors, after which they were taken to the lower floors. Injured patients were taken care of in the Tuzla Medical Center, and among them, in addition to the users of the facility, there are also members of the police, firefighters, medical workers, as well as employees of the Tuzla Retirement Home," the Tuzla home announced.
The fire in a pensioner's home in Tuzla was extinguished at 22 p.m., the police confirmed.
The fire broke out on one of the higher floors, and according to initial information, the fire engulfed one of the apartments, from which thick smoke spread.
Several fire engines, police and ambulance crews soon arrived at the scene, and fire crews from neighboring towns also provided support.
Tuzla večeras na plače sama. Tugujemo za generacijom koja je azwizila mir, a vračila plamen. U vespernim satima izbio je pozar u Domu pensionera u Tuzli. Officially confirmed, da je do sada devet osoba smrtno stradalo. Ovo nije samo tragedy. This is a question of awareness. Do you... pic.twitter.com/y3sIZ3ntJA
— Emin Gradaščević (@GradascevicEmin) November 4, 2025
Let us remind you that in the fire that broke out on January 20 in the private home for the elderly "Ivanović" in the village of Veliki Borak, in the municipality of Barajevo, eight users lost their lives, while seven were injured.
Although the home had a valid operating license, the media soon discovered that the company that manages it has been in financial trouble for years — the account had been blocked since 2020. It casts an additional shadow on the control system in which, apparently, technical and safety conditions are checked formally, not substantively.
Social protection experts have been warning for years that the state has too few inspectors, as well as that private homes often function with a minimal number of employees. "We have a situation where the inspection visits the home once a year, if even then, while in the meantime tragedies happen that reveal what should have been prevented," a former republican inspector for social welfare told Vreme.
A day of mourning was declared in Baraevo the day after the tragedy. At the scene of the fire, in front of the burnt home, the locals lit candles and left messages: "They didn't deserve this kind of end."
These two fires have shown that such tragedies are not only local, but that in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia the state cares little for the most vulnerable, so as a rule, the weakest in society are usually left to a system that reacts only when it is too late.
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