HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) - It's a day of "profound sadness" in
Mexico where the death toll from a fire at a day care center has
risen to 40.
Mexican health officials say two children died in hospitals
today, two days after the blaze.
Funeral processions have filled the streets of the northwestern
city where fire spread from a neighboring tire and car warehouse,
engufling the center Friday. Mexico's president is promising a
thorough investigation into the blaze's cause.
A fire official and witness say crews rushed children from the
burning center through its only exit and through large holes a
civilian knocked into the walls with his pickup before rescue crews
arrived.
Thirty-three remain hospitalized, including 13 who are in
critical condition. One of them is brain dead. Two 3-year-olds are
being treated at a pediatric burn center in Northern California.
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