Fire Kills Eight in South African Orphanage
July 14, 2016
Source dpa, Hamburg, Germany (TNS)
Johannesburg -- At least eight people were killed Thursday in a fire at an orphanage in the South African city of Durban, the local news agency ANA reported.
Many of those killed were children with the youngest being eight years old, a spokesman for the emergency services was quoted as saying.
It was not immediately known if other people were injured or what caused the fire.
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