Police say 18 girls ranging from 5 to 12 years old have been killed in a fire at a boarding school dormitory in northern Thailand. A police official says five other girls were injured, with two in serious condition, in the fire late Sunday in Chiang Rai district. Firefighters took three hours to extinguish the fire, and pulled survivors and bodies from the second-story window of the wooden building. The official did not wish to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Some more girls survived without injuries, but it was not known how many.

Source: CBC News May 22, 2016 21:41 UTC