15 killed in Haiti orphanage fire
Fifteen children were killed when a fire swept through an unlicensed orphanage outside Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, a judge told AFP on Friday. Two children died in the blaze and 13 others died at a hospital as a result of smoke inhalation. The building housed about 66 children, she said. According to one of the children, the fire was ignited around 9:00pm by candles that the young occupants had lit in their rooms because the electricity was out. An investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the fire and identify the people responsible for the orphanage.
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