Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

31 children killed in Mexican day-care fire

cnn.com
Jun. 6, 2009
Twenty-nine children were killed and more than 100 others were injured Friday when their daycare center caught fire in the northwestern state of Sonora, the local governor said, citing figures from the state attorney's office.
Related Stories from UPI.com

Mexico will probe fatal daycare fire

HERMOSILLO, Mexico, June 6 (UPI) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon Saturday ordered a federal investigation into a fire that killed at least 38 children at a daycare center.

Nine dead in Russian house fire

YEKATERINBURG, Russia, June 17 (UPI) -- Nine people, including four children, died Sunday in a house fire in Russia's Bashkiria Republic.

28 children killed in southern Russia

MOSCOW, April 10 (UPI) -- Twenty-eight children were killed Thursday as fire raged through a boarding school for the deaf in southern Russia, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
Most Popular
Stories Photos People Comments
Featured Photos
1 of 22
Memorial Day Ceremonies on the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York
View Caption
American Military Service members and Veterans hold a 100 foot wide U.S. Flag for Memorial Day ceremonies at the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York City on May 28, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo