WORLD BRIEFING / POLAND
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TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Survivors of a fire that killed 21 people at a three-story shelter for homeless families in Poland described a fast-moving inferno that forced some to jump from windows into trees.
Six of the dead were children and an additional 20 people were injured, most of whom suffered fractures after leaping from the building to escape the blaze in the northwestern city of Kamien Pomorski.
Poland’s president suggested flammable construction materials may have contributed to the fire’s speed and fury.
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