13 children die in Tajikistan blaze
Afp, Dushanbe
Thirteen children died early yesterday when a blaze swept through a home for mentally handicapped children in the Central Asian state of Tajikistan, police said. "Thirteen children died and four or five others are missing," a police spokesman told AFP. Two residents of the home in the centre of the Tajik capital Dushanbe were hospitalised and 77 others were found temporary lodgings elsewhere in the city after being rescued from the burning building in the night, the spokesman said. Around 100 children between six and 16 years old, most of them with mobility problems, were sleeping in the building when the fire broke out, he added. "It was terrible. It was dark and we had to run through the rooms looking for children. I managed to get six children aged between six and eight out," said Martin, 27, a security guard who was on duty nearby.
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