{"id":203305,"date":"2020-02-15T21:44:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T18:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage\/"},"modified":"2020-02-15T21:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T18:44:31","slug":"15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage\/","title":{"rendered":"15 children killed in fire that ravaged Haiti orphanage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Fifteen children including babies and toddlers were killed when a fire ravaged a Haitian orphanage.<\/p>\n<p>The home, run by a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit, had been using candles because of problems with its generator, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>About half of the kids who died were babies or toddlers and the others were 10 or 11 years old, worker Rose-Marie Louis told the AP. Louis said the blaze started around 9 p.m. Thursday and it took firefighters about 90 minutes to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Haitian president <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moisejovenel\/status\/1228413637733253120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jovenel Moise tweeted<\/a> that he was \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">deeply moved by the death of a dozen children following the fire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The home, located outside of the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince, is run by the Church of Bible Understanding, which also operates another orphanage in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the fire in the children\u2019s home in Haiti,\u201d said Temi Sacks, a spokesman for the group. \u201cIt would be irresponsible for us to comment until after all the facts are in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit runs antique stores in Manhattan and Los Angeles called Olde Good Things to fund its operations in Haiti.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15149407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-15149407 lazyload\" alt=\"The Orphanage of the Church of Bible Understanding stands with blackened walls the morning after a fire broke out.\" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/02\/15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/02\/15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/02\/15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/02\/15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/thenypost.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/02\/15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>The Orphanage of the Church of Bible Understanding the morning after a fire broke out.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The home did not have accreditation from Haitian authorities, according to a statement released by UNICEF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNICEF strongly condemns the opening of children\u2019s homes, unaccredited, that fail to meet standards set by national authorities,\u201d the United Nations agency said,<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit lost accreditation for its homes after inspections beginning in 2012 revealed overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and a lack of trained staff.<\/p>\n<p>Although the homes are called orphanages, some impoverished Haitian parents place there children in such facilities.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/02\/15\/15-children-killed-in-fire-that-ravaged-haiti-orphanage\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Fifteen children including babies and toddlers were killed when a fire ravaged a Haitian orphanage. The home, run by a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit, had been using candles because of problems with its generator, The Associated Press reported. 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