Mexico federal prosecutors charge owners of day care center where 48 children died in fire

MEXICO CITY — Federal prosecutors in Mexico say they have obtained nine arrest warrants for the owners and legal representatives of a day care center where a fire killed 48 children.

Mexican federal investigators take full control of probe into fire that killed 47 children

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government on Wednesday took over the entire investigation into a fire at a day care center that killed 47 children, citing squabbling between state and federal officials over the probe.

Mexico searches for 9 officials in deadly day care fire after arresting 9 others

MEXICO CITY — Investigators on Tuesday were searching for nine officials wanted in a day care fire that killed 47 children in northern Mexico, a day after nine others were arrested on negligent homicide charges.

Mexico arrests 9 state and federal officials in deadly day care fire; seeks arrest of 9 more

MEXICO CITY — Seven state and two federal officials were arrested Monday and nine others were being sought on negligent homicide charges in a day care fire that killed 47 children in northern Mexico.

Mexico arrests 7 state officials for homicide in day care fire that killed 47 children

MEXICO CITY — Seven state officials were arrested Monday and six others were being sought on negligent homicide charges in a day care fire that killed 47 children in Mexico. But none were involved in the day care center itself.

Girl, 3, dies from wounds in Mexico day care fire, bring death toll to 47

MEXICO CITY — A 3-year-old girl has died of wounds from a fire at a northern Mexican day care, bringing the death toll from the disaster to 47 children, authorities said Monday.

Death toll from Mexican day care fire rises to 46 with death of 3-year-old boy

MEXICO CITY — A health official says the death toll from a day care center fire in northern Mexico has risen to 46 following the death of a toddler.

Mexico suspends 3 Social Security officials over day care fire; death toll rises to 45

MEXICO CITY — Mexico suspended three Social Security Institute officials Friday pending investigations into whether negligence played a role in a fire that killed 45 children at a day care center.

Mexican official: No alarms, extinguishers in warehouse next to day care center

MEXICO CITY — There were no fire alarms or extinguishers in a warehouse where a fire started that spread to an adjacent day care center and killed 44 babies and toddlers, Mexican authorities said Wednesday.

2 Mexican state officials resign after fire kills 44 children at day care owned by wives

MEXICO CITY — Two state government officials whose wives are owners of a Mexican day care center where 44 children died in a fire resigned on Tuesday, saying they wanted to clear the way for an investigation into the blaze.

Official: Mexican day care fire possibly caused by cooling system problem in adjacent building

MEXICO CITY — A short circuit or overheating in an air conditioning system in an adjacent warehouse may have caused a fire that killed 44 young children in a day care center in northern Mexico, the state’s attorney general said Monday.

Toll from Mexico day care center fire hits 44; governor says no one immune from investigation

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican governor vowed Monday to fully investigate a fire at a day care center that killed 44 children and left dozens fighting their lives, assuring the public that no one will be immune to the probe.

Angry parents question safety measures after 40 kids die in day care fire in northern Mexico

HERMOSILLO, Mexico — As the day care swiftly filled with smoke, caretakers, neighbors and parents fought to evacuate 142 children — many of them babies and toddlers — through a single working exit until rescue crews arrived.

Families start burying tiny coffins of 40 children killed in Mexican day care fire

HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 40 infants and toddlers, stunning Mexico and prompting its president to promise a thorough investigation.

Families start burying tiny coffins of 38 children killed in Mexican day care fire

HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation.

Mexico day care fire kills 38 children; families begin burying tiny coffins

HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents began burying their children after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation.

Mexico day care fire kills 38 children; father rams pickup through to reach babies, toddlers

HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents began burying their children after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation.

Mexico day care fire kills 35 children; father rams pickup through to reach babies, toddlers

HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Sobbing relatives waited outside a morgue Saturday to claim the bodies of 35 children killed in a day care fire in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts to evacuate babies and toddlers through the building’s only working exit. One father crashed his pickup truck through the wall to rescue his child.

Fire at Mexican daycare center kills at least 31 children: Sobbing parents flood hospitals

MEXICO CITY — A fast-moving fire killed 31 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through the walls and fought their way through flames to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside.

Fire at Mexican day care center kills at least 31 children: Sobbing parents flood hospitals

HERMOSILLO, Mexico — A fast-moving fire killed 31 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through the walls and fought their way through flames to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside.

At least 29 children killed in fire at day care center in Mexico; dozens more hospitalized

MEXICO CITY — A fast-moving fire killed 29 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through the walls and fought their way through flames to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside.

Official: 27 children killed in fire at day care in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican official says at least 27 children have been killed in a fire that spread from a warehouse to a day care in the northern city of Hermosillo.