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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Vertuno

Camp Mystic denied license to reopen until safety plan is updated following deadly flood last summer

Nearly two dozen deficiencies in emergency operations were found in Camp Mystic’s bid to reopen less than a year after 27 kids and counselors were killed in a devastating flood, Texas state regulators said on Friday.

After owners of the Christian all-girls camp applied for a license to reopen in late May, some families of girls killed filed lawsuits while several prominent state officials called for the license to be denied or delayed pending the outcome of ongoing investigations.

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