At least 22 killed in fire at wedding party in Congo’s Kinshasa
- Fire at Kinshasa wedding party kills 22 (representative image)At least 22 people were killed in a fire at a wedding party in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the mayor of the city’s Lingwala district said on Saturday.
- The fire broke out overnight Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday in a building in Lingwala, in northern Kinshasa.
- The mayor of Lingwala, Norbert Mushinga, told the Congolese Press Agency that the provisional death toll was 22 and warned that it could rise further.
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- Fire at Kinshasa wedding party kills 22 (representative image)At least 22 people were killed in a fire at a wedding party in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the mayor of the city’s Lingwala district said on Saturday.
- The fire broke out overnight Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday in a building in Lingwala, in northern Kinshasa.
- The mayor of Lingwala, Norbert Mushinga, told the Congolese Press Agency that the provisional death toll was 22 and warned that it could rise further.
Sources: Times of India, The Independent