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    May 06, 2012

Peru Rehabilitation Center Fire Kills 14 People

   VOA News
   Policemen place the dead body of a patient inside a truck after a fire
   took place inside a rehabilitation center in the outskirts of Lima,
   Peru, May 5, 2012.
   Photo: Reuters

   Firefighters in Peru say fire swept through a substance abuse
   rehabilitation center near the capital, Lima, killing at least 14
   people Saturday.
   Local Peruvian media report that a patient set a mattress on fire at
   the Sacred Heart of Jesus Clinic in Chosica. The report has not been
   confirmed.
   Authorities investigating the cause of the blaze say some doors were
   locked, not allowing people to get out.
   The facility treats and provides housing for people with drug and
   alcohol addictions.
   The fire is the second deadly blaze at a Peruvian rehabilitation
   facility for substance abusers this year. A January fire at another
   facility killed 27 people.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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