IAfrica South African News, South Africa
Eleven children perished and five were injured in a sugar cane field fire late Monday in southern Honduras, authorities said.
"The children, from seven to 17 years of age, were hunting rabbits and other animals in a field, while a nearby field was set on fire because the cane harvest had begun last week," said security ministry spokesman Leonel Sauceda.
"The fire spread and the children were trapped by the flames," he added.
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