CHIANG RAI , Thailand, May 23 (UPI) -- A fire in an elementary school dormitory killed 18 girls in northern Thailand, officials said Monday.
They were among 38 children, all girls between 5 and 12, who were asleep at the private Pitakiatwittaya School Christian elementary school in Thailand's Chiang Rai Province, when the fire broke out late Sunday. The cause of the fire in the two-story wooden dormitory has not been determined.