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Africa
18:29, 07-Dec-2021
38 killed, 69 injured in Burundi prison fire: vice president
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20:24, 07-Dec-2021
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Thirty-eight people died in a huge fire that tore through an overcrowded prison in Burundi on Tuesday, Vice President Prosper Bazombanza said.
Another 69 people were seriously injured in the blaze at the facility in the East African country's political capital Gitega, according to Prosper Bazombanza.
Source(s): AFP
