Fire at DR Congo Wedding
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- Yashasvi VasisthaTimes of India
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Fire at DR Congo Wedding. (2026, October 13). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/4964
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At least 22 dead, several injured, in fire at DR Congo wedding reception
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The fire started on Friday night and continued into early Saturday in a building in Lingwala in northern Kinshasa.
The mayor of Lingwala, Norbert Mushinga, told the Congolese Press Agency that the provisional death toll was 22.
“It is a tragedy,” Jacquemin Shabani, Congo’s deputy prime minister and interior minister, said.
Deadly fires are common in densely populated parts of Kinshasa, where urban development has not been accompanied by adequate provisions such as fire services.
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- 5 Sep
At least 22 dead, several injured, in fire at DR Congo wedding reception
Coverage 4 articles
6 Sep More than 20 killed in fire at wedding party in DR Congo
Al Jazeera5 Sep Congo wedding party horror as major fire kills at least 22 people
The Independent
5 Sep At least 22 killed in fire at wedding party in Congo’s Kinshasa
Times of India
5 Sep At least 22 dead, several injured, in fire at DR Congo wedding reception
South China Morning Post
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