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Mexico Day Care Fire Kills 29

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(AP) – A fast-moving fire killed 29 children in a day care center in northern Mexico yesterday despite the desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through walls to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside. At least 25 children and five employees were hospitalized after the fire at ABC day care in Hermosillo, the cause of which is still unknown.

There were about 100 children in the day care at the time of the fire, with ages ranging from six months to 5 years, said a Red Cross rescue worker. The fire may have started at a tire and car warehouse yesterday afternoon and spread to the neighboring day care center, state officials said. Firefighters took two hours to control the blaze.

People help rescue a child from a burning day-care center in the city of Hermosillo, Mexico Friday June 5, 2009.
People help rescue a child from a burning day-care center in the city of Hermosillo, Mexico Friday June 5, 2009.   (El Imparcial)
People stand outside the police perimeter around a day-care center that went up in flames in Hermosillo, Mexico Friday June 5, 2009.
People stand outside the police perimeter around a day-care center that went up in flames in Hermosillo, Mexico Friday June 5, 2009.   (El Imparcial)
Rescue workers put an injured child that was pulled out of a burning day-care center onto an ambulance in the city of Hermosillo, Mexico Friday June 5, 2009.
Rescue workers put an injured child that was pulled out of a burning day-care center onto an ambulance in the city of Hermosillo, Mexico Friday June 5, 2009.   (El Imparcial)
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