Fire claims 20 lives in Senegal

médina gounass - A fire in an Islamic pilgrimage and refuge in the east of Senegal has cost twenty people. This has been announced by a government spokesman on Thursday.

The fire broke out Wednesday in Daaka de Médina Gounass. Every year thousands of Muslims gather from countries in West Africa to reconsider themselves spiritually. Their provisional shelters were an easy prey for the flames, which were stimulated by the windy wind. What caused the fire is unknown.