page_title: 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire
caption_attribution_description: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Comisión Interamericana de los Derechos Humanos) visits Guatemala following the fire at Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción in March 2017.
context_page_description: The 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire occurred on 8 March 2017, at the Virgen de la Asunción Safe Home in San José Pinula, Guatemala. Forty-one girls, aged between 14 and 17 years old, were killed when a fire broke out at the orphanage. The girls had been locked in a schoolroom following protests, riots and an escape attempt which occurred the day before. In the aftermath of the fire, three government officials—including the country's Secretary of Social Welfare—were arrested and charged with crimes such as wrongful death and negligence.
context_section_description: The 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire occurred on 8 March 2017, at the Virgen de la Asunción Safe Home in San José Pinula, Guatemala. Forty-one girls, aged between 14 and 17 years old, were killed when a fire broke out at the orphanage. The girls had been locked in a schoolroom following protests, riots and an escape attempt which occurred the day before. In the aftermath of the fire, three government officials—including the country's Secretary of Social Welfare—were arrested and charged with crimes such as wrongful death and negligence.
caption: Virgen de la Asunción Safe Home after the fire
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