Orphanage blaze kills 10 children in Estonia

Tallinn: A fire raced through an orphanage for disabled children in western Estonia on Sunday, killing 10 of them, a rescue service spokesman said. There were 37 children and nine adults inside the wooden building when the fire started at 2:30 p.m. (1230GMT) in the coastal town of Haapsalu, said Viktor Saaremets, a spokesman for the Western Estonia Rescue Services Center. “By the time rescue workers and firefighters arrived at the scene three or four minutes later the building was completely in flames,” he said. Ten children were killed and one adult was injured, Saaremets said. The others were evacuated to a nearby building and were not hurt, he said. The cause of the fire was not…

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Orphanage blaze kills 10 children in Estonia

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