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FUNERALS OF INDIAN FIRE VICTIMS BEGIN
The funerals have been taking place in
northern India of the victims of the
fire which engulfed a large marquee,
killing at least 400 people.
Many of the dead were school children
attending a prize-giving ceremony in
the town of Dabwali in Haryana state.
A large field near the site of the
disaster has been set aside as a
cremation site. Despatch 192
Inquiries into the fire are continuing
but police believe an electrical fault
is to blame. State authorities have
declared three days of mourning.
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