A fire broke out at a secondary school in Guyana. (Representative)
Georgetown, Guyana:
At least 20 people were killed in a fire at a school dormitory in the central Guyana mining town, the government announced in a statement on Sunday night.
The death toll in the fire at Mahdia Secondary School rose to 20 and many more were injured, the statement said.
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