THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE TRAGIC FIRE in the Hermosillo, Sonora, day care center on June 5 has now risen to 46 following the death of a 3-yr.-old boy on Friday.
Sonora state Health Secretary Raymundo Lopez Vocovich said Saturday that 20 children and five adults remain hospitalized, including six children who have been sent to U.S. hospitals.
The exact cause of the fire is still undetermined, but investigators are concentrating on the air conditioning unit that was on the roof of the warehouse next door to the nursery.
CNN is also reporting (HERE):
In another development Friday, three officials from the Mexican Institute of Social Security were fired, Notimex reported. The social security institute oversaw the ABC day care facility.
Earlier, the Institute of Social Security removed its Sonora director, Arturo Leyva Lizarraga. Leyva Lizarraga was “separated” from the agency Wednesday to “facilitate the investigative process,” according to Notimex. The same wording was used in announcing Friday’s firings.
Earlier in the week, two other people who ran the center resigned from the government jobs they held.
Also Friday, Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said officials had found safety irregularities at the day care center in 2005, Notimex said. He declined to detail those irregularities but said authorities are investigating if anything was done about them. Any negligent officials will be punished once the investigation is completed, Medina said.
Read the original Firegeezer reports and videos on the fire HERE and HERE.
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