School fire kills 11 children in Uganda
A fire at a school for visually impaired children in Uganda has killed 11 children.
Eleven children have died after a fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday at a school in Mukono, east of the Uganda鈥檚 capital, Kampala. The cause of the fire is being investigated.
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Photo: Police forensic experts at Salama School for the Blind in Mukono District, Uganda. Credit: Isaac Kasamani/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
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