asuncion – The Mail & Guardian

/ 2 August 2004

Rescue workers search centre after horror blaze

Firefighters searched early on Monday for more victims as they sifted through the rubble of a shopping centre in Paraguay destroyed by a blaze that killed nearly 300 people. Argentine authorities said they would make their hospitals available to blaze victims, and the Argentine air force readied a plane to speed more aid to Paraguay.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 2 August 2004

Three hundred killed in Paraguay mall fire

Nearly 300 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a deadly fire raced through a shopping centre on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital, police said early on Monday. The toll of the blaze on Sunday was especially high because shopping centre security personnel locked the main doors to prevent customers from fleeing without first paying.

By Staff Reporter