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Estonia mourns victims of orphanage fire
Estonia is observing a day of mourning for 10 people, including eight disabled children, who were killed when a fire destroyed an orphanage.
The Associated Press
Estonia is observing a day of mourning for 10 people, including eight disabled children, who were killed when a fire destroyed an orphanage.
Interior Minister Marko Pomerants said Monday that investigators hope to determine "in the nearest future" what caused the blaze at the orphanage for disabled children in Haapsalu, western Estonia.
Authorities initially said all 10 victims of Sunday's fire were children. But on Monday they said eight of those killed were children aged 7 to 16, and two were adults aged 20 and 21.
Most of the children were wheelchair-bound and unable to escape the flames that spread rapidly throug the wooden building.
Estonia has one of the worst fire-casualty rates in Europe.
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