28 January 2012
Last updated at 15:45 ET
Relatives of patients waited anxiously outside the Christ Is Love centre for news
A fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in the Peruvian capital Lima has killed at least 26 people, officials say.
They say another 10 people were injured at the Christ Is Love centre, which uses biblical teachings to treat drug and alcohol addicts.
Firefighters are reported to be still tackling the fire.
The cause of the blaze is not known, but one police official is quoted as saying that it started after a patient’s mattress caught fire.
The fire began on Saturday morning when patients were having breakfast at the centre in the poor and densely populated San Juan de Lurigancho district.
A local official told Peru’s RPP radio station that many people died because doors to patients’ rooms were closed and they were unable to open them.
Health Minister Alberto Tejada told the AFP news agency the centre may not have held a permit to
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