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Fire rips through crowded Cameroon prison

Smoke rises after the fire tore through an overcrowded New-Bell central prison in the port city of Douala, Cameroon May 28, 2020. [Reuters]

Fire tore through an overcrowded maximum security prison in Cameroon’s port city of Douala on Thursday leading to the hospitalisation of three prisoners with serious burns, a local fire chief said.

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