At least 22 dead as fire ravages youth shelter in Guatemala | Bangkok Post: news - News Summed Up

At least 22 dead as fire ravages youth shelter in Guatemala | Bangkok Post: news


On Wednesday morning someone set fire to mattresses in the girls' section of the rural campus, authorities said. The blaze quickly spread through two dorms, killing at least 22 girls and injuring dozens more, most with second- and third-degree burns. Distraught parents scribbled their children's names on pieces of paper to pass to shelter staff begging for information. She said the teen was pregnant and had been at the shelter for nine days because she ran away from home. Late Wednesday at the morgue, Patricia Ramirez said her 15-year-old granddaughter Achly Gabriela Mendez Ramirez was one of the dead.


Source: Bangkok Post March 09, 2017 07:07 UTC



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