Three people died in a fire in a care facility in Reutlingen (Baden-Württemberg) on Tuesday evening.
That said a police spokesman for the German Press Agency.
There are also two seriously injured and several slightly injured.
Firefighters are still working, but the fire has been extinguished.
The fire broke out in the building.
The cause of the fire is still being determined.
"We're still at the beginning," said the spokesman.
The police initially announced in the evening that the fire brigade and rescue workers were on site with a large contingent and that there were several injuries.
The social-psychiatric specialist nursing home is home to people with mental illnesses who also need nursing care.