Fire at migrant center in Bosnia injures 29: police

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News ID: 40226
Publish Date: 12:08 - 02 June 2019
TEHRAN, Jun 2 - Twenty-nine migrants were injured in a fire that broke out early on Saturday at a center in the northwestern Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa, police said.

Fire at migrant center in Bosnia injures 29: police

TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Regional police spokesman Ale Siljdedic said the injured were taken to hospitals in Velika Kladusa and neighboring Bihac following the fire at the Miral center, which is used as temporary accommodation for about 500 migrants.

The fire was put down during the course of the day but more than a hundred migrants were forced to stay outdoors braving rain and cold weather because the building’s upper floor was destroyed, a Reuters photographer said.

An investigation into the cause of the fire was underway, police said. Police spokesman Siljdedic told Reuters the fire was most likely caused by a heater as temperatures had fallen overnight.

Source: Reuters

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