Nearly 80 Children Killed As Fire Races Through Indian School

MADRAS, India (AFP) - Nearly 80 junior grade and kindergarten children were killed and more than 30 severely burnt in a fire that tore through a school in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, officials said.
"Seventy-seven bodies (of children) have been recovered," senior police official S. Natarajani told AFP from the temple-studded pilgrimage town of Kumbhakonam where the blaze broke out at around 11:00 am (0530 GMT).
"Thirty-four have been admitted to the local government hospital," he said.