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08:30 GMT, Saturday, 6 June 2009 09:30 UK

In pictures: Mexico nursery fire

People stand outside a perimeter set up by police around a burning daycare centre building in Hermosillo, Mexico

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A fire has swept through a day-care centre in the north-western Mexican city of Hermosillo, killing many children.

Daycare centre where many children died in a fire in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico on 5 June, 2009.

Daycare centre where many children died in a fire in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico on 5 June, 2009.

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Almost 200 children were at the state-run ABC centre when the fire broke out.

People in Hermosillo, Mexico help to get a child out of a burning daycare centre

People in Hermosillo, Mexico help to get a child out of a burning daycare centre

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Onlookers helped out in the effort to free children from the building, many of whom were treated at the scene for burns and smoke inhalation.

Medics move a wounded child to hospital in Hermosillo, Mexico

Medics move a wounded child to hospital in Hermosillo, Mexico

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Officials warned that the death toll may rise further, as many children remained unaccounted for.

Daycare centre where many children died in a fire in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico on 5 June, 2009.

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The fire spread so rapidly that fire fighters had to knock holes in the walls to rescue children from the building.

Firemen check the area of a daycare centre where many children died in a fire in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico on 5 June, 2009.

Firemen check the area of a daycare centre where many children died in a fire in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico on 5 June, 2009.

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The cause of the blaze was not immediately confirmed, but it appears to have started next door to the centre, in a tyre depot filled with flammable materials

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