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At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a school dormitory fire in Guyana, the government said in a statement, with the nation's president calling it a "major disaster."![]()
At least 20 dead in school dorm fire in Guyana, officials say: "This is a major disaster"
"This is a major disaster. It is horrible, it is painful," the president of the country in northeast South American said.www.cbsnews.com
"This is a major disaster. It is horrible, it is painful," the South American nation's President Irfaan Ali said Sunday night.
The death toll had risen to 20 and several people were injured in the fire at the Mahdia Secondary School in central Guyana, the government statement said.
Emergency services are struggling to contain the fire because of bad weather conditions, the government says.![]()
Guyana school fire: At least 20 children die in Mahdia blaze
A major fire breaks out at a secondary school in the central town of Mahdia, engulfing a dormitory.www.bbc.com
Several more people have been injured and some are being prepared for evacuation to the capital, Georgetown, where a special centre has been set up.
Mahdia is a mining town in the center of the country.
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