Police are investigating a blaze in a Kiryat Ono senior citizens complex that left a 70-year-old resident in serious condition. Police believe the elderly non-ambulatory resident of Bet Susnisky fell asleep while holding a lit cigarette. She sustained serious burns and was listed in serious condition in Tel Hashomer Hospital.

Police suspect negligence on the part of the facility’s caretakers.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)