Fire injures 11 children in camp in Syria’s Raqqa

RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – On Tuesday, 11 children were injured with varying degrees of burns as a result of a fire broke out in a school in a camp north of Raqqa, northern Syria.

A local source in Tel al-Saman camp in the northern countryside of Raqqa told North Press that a fire broke out in the camp’s school on Tuesday morning, leaving 11 children with burns, some of them are in critical condition.

The children were taken to Raqqa hospitals for treatment, the source added.

The source indicated that the fire was due to an overturned heater in one of the classrooms.

Reporting by Ahmed Othman