School fire in rebel-held east Congo city kills at least 17: Reuters
- A fire at a school in the rebel-controlled city of Bukavu in eastern Congo killed at least 17 people, including children, according to local and medical sources.
- A witness helped load 17 bodies of deceased men and children into an ambulance at the fire scene.
- A local health center received 10 bodies from the fire, and a hospital admitted over 50 students, 14 of whom later died.
- The coordinator of the rebel alliance controlling Bukavu stated the death toll was around 10 but did not have an exact figure.
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Located on the banks of Lake Kivu and famous for its typical wooden houses crammed on hillside, the capital of South Kivu is regularly hit by deadly fires.
A fire of unknown origin caused a murderous jostling in a school in Bagira commune, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo At least 14 schoolchildren were killed in a school in the municipality of Bagira, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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On the run from a fire, at least 15 children died in the Congo. The fire in a residential area destroyed two primary schools and numerous houses. The number of deaths could increase.
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