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The fire broke out in the back of the cabin, officials said. All 176 people on board, including passengers and crew members, were evacuated, some with minor injuries.

Activists say the blaze that killed 23 laborers at a battery plant, most of them from China, shows that such workers need better protection.

More than 270 others were injured in the late-night blaze that burned many homes and a warehouse.

Built in 1926, the structure is one of the Philippine capital’s most recognizable landmarks. The cause of the fire was unclear on Monday.

Firefighters managed to put out the blaze, in a seven-floor building near Lyon, in central France. It was not immediately clear how the fire had started.

Many of the victims in the overnight blaze were children, and the government was flying out some of the injured so they could receive treatment.

Many of the victims in the overnight blaze were children, and the government was flying out some of the injured so they could receive treatment.

Johannesburg, with a severe shortage of affordable housing, has hundreds of illegally occupied derelict buildings that officials and housing advocates say have become firetraps.

The blaze struck a building that was home to scores of low-paid migrant workers, many of them from India.

The fatal blaze comes as border cities across Mexico have been flooded with migrants turned back from the United States and more arriving from other countries.