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At least 39 migrants die in Mexico fire

Firefighters and police rescue migrants from an immigration station in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico after a deadly fire. (Photo: AFP)

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: A fire started by migrants protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said on Tuesday.

The blaze broke out shortly before midnight Monday at the National Migration Institute (INM) facility in Ciudad Juarez, prompting the mobilisation of firefighters and dozens of ambulances.

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