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Photos: Fire at Malaysian Islamic school kills students and teachers

Twenty-five people, mostly children, were killed when a blaze tore through a Malaysian Islamic school. The blaze broke out before dawn in the two-storey building, Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, located in the centre of the capital Kuala Lumpur. Firefighters rushed to the scene and the blaze was out within an hour but not before it wreaked terrible devastation -- pictures in local media showed ash-covered, fire-blackened beds

Updated on: Sep 14, 2017 5:40 PM IST

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Twenty-five people, largely students, were killed on Thursday when a blaze tore through a religious school in Malaysia, in what officials said was one of the country’s worst fire disasters in years. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 14, 2017 5:40 PM

Twenty-five people, largely students, were killed on Thursday when a blaze tore through a religious school in Malaysia, in what officials said was one of the country’s worst fire disasters in years. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

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Officials suspect that an electrical short circuit caused the blaze that broke out in a top floor dormitory, where most of the students perished. (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 14, 2017 5:40 PM

Officials suspect that an electrical short circuit caused the blaze that broke out in a top floor dormitory, where most of the students perished. (REUTERS)

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The blaze broke out before dawn in the two-storeyed building, Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, located in the centre of the capital Kuala Lumpur. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 14, 2017 5:40 PM

The blaze broke out before dawn in the two-storeyed building, Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, located in the centre of the capital Kuala Lumpur. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

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Firefighters rushed to the scene and the blaze was doused out within an hour, but not before it caused massive devastation. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 14, 2017 5:40 PM

Firefighters rushed to the scene and the blaze was doused out within an hour, but not before it caused massive devastation. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

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Mohd Arif Mawardi, one of the survivors of the fire at the religious school Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, speaks to journalists in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (REUTERS)

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Mohd Arif Mawardi, one of the survivors of the fire at the religious school Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, speaks to journalists in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (REUTERS)

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The Star newspaper reported that the fire and rescue department had raised concerns about safety measures at unregistered and private religious schools -- known as Tahfiz, and had recorded 211 fires at the institutions since 2015. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 14, 2017 5:40 PM

The Star newspaper reported that the fire and rescue department had raised concerns about safety measures at unregistered and private religious schools -- known as Tahfiz, and had recorded 211 fires at the institutions since 2015. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

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Nik Azlan Nik Abdul Kadir (L), father of one of the victims comforts his wife outside the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah religious school in Kuala Lumpur . (SADIQ ASYRAF / AFP)

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Nik Azlan Nik Abdul Kadir (L), father of one of the victims comforts his wife outside the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah religious school in Kuala Lumpur . (SADIQ ASYRAF / AFP)

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According to a report, many of the bodies of the victims , who included 22 boys aged between 13 and 17, were found piled on top of one another, indicating that there may have been a stampede as students sought to escape the blaze that erupted before dawn. (PATRICK LEE / AFP)

Updated on Sep 14, 2017 5:40 PM

According to a report, many of the bodies of the victims , who included 22 boys aged between 13 and 17, were found piled on top of one another, indicating that there may have been a stampede as students sought to escape the blaze that erupted before dawn. (PATRICK LEE / AFP)

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A policewoman stands next to a noticeboard, accounting for manpower involved in the aftermath of a fire at religious school Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah in Kuala Lumpur. More than 60 percent of Malaysia’s population of about 30 million are Muslim, and the country is also home to substantial ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities. (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 14, 2017 5:40 PM

A policewoman stands next to a noticeboard, accounting for manpower involved in the aftermath of a fire at religious school Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah in Kuala Lumpur. More than 60 percent of Malaysia’s population of about 30 million are Muslim, and the country is also home to substantial ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities. (REUTERS)

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