Sunday, January 29, 2012

Peru: 27 killed in fire at rehabilitation center

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation center for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital Saturday, killing 27 people and critically injuring five as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside.

The "Christ is Love" center for drug and alcohol addicts was unlicensed and overcrowded and its residents were apparently kept inside "like prisoners," Health Minister Alberto Tejada told The Associated Press.

http://news.yahoo.com/peru-27-killed-fire-rehabilitation-center-030227544.html

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