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  • Amsterdam Airport Fire Kills 11

    10/27/2005 4:46:33 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 9 replies · 436+ views
    yahoo news/AP ^ | Oct. 27, 2005
    Amsterdam Airport Fire Kills 11 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A fire roared through a prison complex at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Thursday, killing 11 illegal immigrants awaiting deportation and injuring 15 other people, authorities said. The nationalities of the dead were not immediately known. "They were illegal aliens waiting to be extradited to their countries of origin," said Immigration Service spokesman Martin Bruinsma. "We are still busy trying to confirm their identities." The prison block on the east side of Europe's fourth largest airport is surrounded by a 10-foot fence and barbed wire. Set up in 2002, it is used to...