FIREFIGHTERS IN LIMA, PERU FOUND MORE BODIES MONDAY AS THEY SEARCHED T...

World | January 1, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

Firefighters in Lima, Peru found more bodies Monday as they searched the basement of a shopping center devastated by a weekend blaze that killed close to 300 people. The death toll stood at 296, according to civil defense authorities, but the number of dead is expected to rise. About 150 others were injured. Monday was the second day of national mourning declared by President Alejandro Toledo.

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