Blaze kills 39 at migrant detention center near Mexico-US border

At least 39 people died in a fire at a migration center in Ciudad Juarez, a city on Mexico’s border with the United States, according to CNN.

The cause of the fire or the victims’ nationalities have not been released by Mexico’s National Migration Institute, who have launched an investigation into the blaze, which left 29 people injured.

The fire is one of the worst to hit Mexico in recent years .According to a witness interviewed by Reuters, there were body bags lined up close to the extinguished fire’s location. 

The witnesses also noted that most of the migrants at the center were from Venezuela.