Girls Burned To Death Under Lock And Key In Guatemala Shelter

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WORLDPOST 03/10/2017 12:32 pm ET
Girls Burned To Death Under Lock And Key In Guatemala Shelter
The blazed killed at least 37.
Sofia Menchu
Saul Martinez / Reuters

The blaze that has killed at least 37 and maimed others at an overcrowded Guatemalan shelter for abused teens broke out in a tiny room they were locked in to control them after a riot at the center, authorities and witnesses said.

The inferno in the 16 square meter classroom packed with 52 teenagers left survivors of Wednesday’s blaze with such severe injuries that burn specialists were flown in from the United States and medics said they needed hundreds of blood donors.

Hospital officials on Friday said two more girls had died overnight and that more than a dozen remain hospitalized in critical condition.

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