11 Schoolchildren Die in Hostel Fire
From Times Wire Reports
Eleven primary schoolchildren were burned to death in a fire that engulfed their hostel in Malaysia’s Borneo state of Sarawak, the national news agency Bernama said. Bernama quoted fire department officials in the town of Saratok as saying the fire had nearly burned out by the time firemen arrived in the village of Kampung Sessang in the remote interior of Sarawak, a state mostly covered by rain forests. It said 18 pupils were sleeping in the hostel at the time of the blaze.
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