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| At least 39 dead after fire at migrant facility in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez | At least 39 dead after fire at migrant facility in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez |
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| Ambulances, firefighters and vans from morgue attend facility in city on US border | Ambulances, firefighters and vans from morgue attend facility in city on US border |
| At least 39 people have been killed and 29 injured in a fire that spread through an immigration detention centre in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, near the US border. | At least 39 people have been killed and 29 injured in a fire that spread through an immigration detention centre in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, near the US border. |
| Images from the scene showed rows of bodies lying under silver sheets outside the facility in the city across the US border from El Paso, Texas. Ambulances, firefighters and vans from a morgue could also be seen. | Images from the scene showed rows of bodies lying under silver sheets outside the facility in the city across the US border from El Paso, Texas. Ambulances, firefighters and vans from a morgue could also be seen. |
| The toll of dead and injured was given by an official with Mexico’s National Immigration Institute, which runs the facility. No cause has been given for the cause of the fire. The INM said there were 68 adult men from Central and South America staying at the facility. | |
| Ciudad Juárez is a popular crossing point for migrants entering the US. Its shelters host migrants waiting for opportunities to cross or who have requested asylum in the US. | Ciudad Juárez is a popular crossing point for migrants entering the US. Its shelters host migrants waiting for opportunities to cross or who have requested asylum in the US. |
| Mexico’s attorney general’s office has launched an inquiry and has investigators at the scene, according to media reports. | Mexico’s attorney general’s office has launched an inquiry and has investigators at the scene, according to media reports. |
| More details soon … | More details soon … |