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muriel_volestrangler

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Mon May 28, 2012, 03:03 PM May 2012

Blaze at Qatar shopping centre kills 19

Source: BBC

A fire at a shopping centre in the Qatari capital Doha has killed at least 19 people, local officials have said.

The interior ministry said 13 of the victims at the Villaggio centre were children. Four were Spanish nationals, diplomatic sources say.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

The Villaggio mall, which opened in 2006, is one of the most popular shopping and recreational complexes in the small Gulf state.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18243136

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Blaze at Qatar shopping centre kills 19 (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler May 2012 OP
"There don't seem to have been any fire alarms or sprinklers at the mall" DJ13 May 2012 #1
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