FIVE elderly women were killed and nine other people were injured in a fire at a retirement home in Port Elizabeth. The victims were all women aged between 88 and 98, police said. It was initially unclear if they burned to death or died from smoke inhalation. The injured were taken to hospital and treated for burns and smoke inhalation. Thirteen units in the Stellalont home were damaged. The fire appeared to have started in the self-catering section of the home but its cause was unknown, police said.