At least 37 killed in huge fire at migrant facility in northern Mexico near US border

At least 37 people are believed to have been killed in a large fire at a migrant facility in northern Mexico, close to the US border.

Footage from the scene showed soldiers and firefighters helping the injured to safety from inside a building at the National Migration Institute in Ciudad Juarez, near El Paso in Texas.

The authorities said the fire at the office of National Migration Institute (INM) occurred after they picked up about 71 migrants from the streets of the city.

The fire reportedly broke out last night in a part of the complex designated for men only, according to local reports.

The cause of the fire or the victims’ nationalities have not been released by the authorities.