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Putin Offers Condolences to Guatemalan President After Fire Kills 21 Children

© REUTERS / Saul MartinezCandles are lit for victims after a fire broke out at the Virgen de Asuncion home in San Jose Pinula on the outskirts of Guatemala City, March 8, 2017
Candles are lit for victims after a fire broke out at the Virgen de Asuncion home in San Jose Pinula on the outskirts of Guatemala City, March 8, 2017 - Sputnik International
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Guatemalan President James Ernesto Morales Cabrera after a fire in a rehabilitation center claimed the lives of 21 children, the presidential press service said on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Guatemalan government has announced three days of national mourning for the victims of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday after one of the minors housed by the government-run rehabilitation center of Hogar Virgen de la Asuncion set a mattress ablaze following a riot.

"Please accept my deep condolences on the tragic outcomes of the fire in the rehabilitation center for teenagers in the San Jose Pinula municipality. Please convey my words of sincere consolation and support to the families of the victims, as well as the wishes of the soonest recovery to all the injured," a telegram published on the Kremlin website said.

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