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Five 15-year-old girls killed when massive blaze tears through ‘escape room’ building in Poland
A FIRE broke out at an "escape room" game location in northern Poland on Friday, killing five teenage girls and injuring a man, authorities said.
Police said the bodies were found after firefighters put out the blaze, which began around 5pm at the venue in Koszalin.
Interior Minister Joachim Brudzinski said the girls were all 15 years old.
A police spokeswoman Monika Kosiec said Friday the victims were celebrating one of their birthdays.
A 25-year-old man has been hospitalised with burns and could not be immediately questioned by investigators who are probing the cause of the fire, she said.
Spokesman for regional firefighters, Tomasz Kubiak, said the bodies were found in a room that was near the fire but was not hit by it.
Polish news agency said it learned unofficially that the victims died from carbon monoxide asphyxiation.
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Footage on private TVN24 showed ambulances and fire engines in front of a detached two-story house with a large "Escape Room" sign in front.
Brudzinski has now ordered fire safety controls in all other escape rooms, which are very popular with teenagers across Poland.
In an escape room game, the players are locked inside a room or building and must find clues that help them get out.
President Andrzej Duda said on Twitter it was a "crushing tragedy" that five young girls died so early in their lives.
Koszalin Mayor Piotr Jedlinski announced that Sunday would be a day of mourning in the city.
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