Official: 39 dead in fire at migrant facility in Mexico

More than three dozen migrants have died in a fire at an immigration detention middle in northern Mexico close to the U.S. border, an official mentioned Tuesday.

Images from the scene confirmed rows of our bodies mendacity below shimmery silver sheets exterior the facility in Ciudad Juarez, throughout from El Paso, Texas. Ambulances, firefighters and vans from the morgue is also seen.

Thirty-nine folks died and 29 have been injured in the fire, which broke out late Monday, in accordance with an official with the National Immigration Institute, who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to talk publicly in regards to the case.