Eight residents died and seven others were injured by an early-morning fire at a nursing home in Belgrade, Serbia, that local police suspect was started by one of the residents.

Seven people were injured in Barajevo and were taken to a hospital in Belgrade. Eight people died early Monday morning in a fire at a nursing home on the outskirts of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, according to officials and media reports.

Eight people have died in a fire at a home for the elderly on the outskirts of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, officials and media said. Seven people were injured in the blaze that erupted around 3.30am in Barajevo, a municipality on the southern edge of Belgrade, state-run RTS television reported.

Eight people lost their lives in a devastating fire early Monday morning at a nursing home in Belgrade's suburb settlement of Barajevo, with police suspecting the tragedy was caused by criminal activity.

Eight people died and seven were injured in a fire at a nursing home outside Belgrade on Monday which authorities said was caused by arson, Serbian state TV RTS reported. The fire started at 3.30 a.m.